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diff --git a/40203-0.txt b/40203-0.txt index a17ad8f..f1c6edd 100644 --- a/40203-0.txt +++ b/40203-0.txt @@ -1,32 +1,4 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes, by Maurice LeBlanc - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes - -Author: Maurice LeBlanc - -Translator: George Morehead - -Release Date: July 11, 2012 [eBook #40203] -[Most recently updated: July 27, 2021] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Sr Bianca Tempt & Marc D’Hooghe - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ARSÈNE LUPIN VS HERLOCK SHOLMES *** - - - +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40203 *** The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin @@ -479,22 +451,22 @@ The controversy would have lasted for a much longer time, but, on the twelfth day, Mon. Gerbois received from Arsène Lupin a letter, marked “confidential,” which read as follows: -“Monsieur, the gallery is being amused at our expense. Do you not think -it is time for us to be serious? The situation is this: I possess a -ticket to which I have no legal right, and you have the legal right to -a ticket you do not possess. Neither of us can do anything. You will -not relinquish your rights to me; I will not deliver the ticket to you. -Now, what is to be done? + “Monsieur, the gallery is being amused at our expense. Do you not + think it is time for us to be serious? The situation is this: I + possess a ticket to which I have no legal right, and you have the + legal right to a ticket you do not possess. Neither of us can do + anything. You will not relinquish your rights to me; I will not + deliver the ticket to you. Now, what is to be done? “I see only one way out of the difficulty: Let us divide the spoils. A half-million for you; a half-million for me. Is not that a fair division? In my opinion, it is an equitable solution, and an immediate one. I will give you three days’ time to consider the proposition. On Thursday morning I shall expect to read in the - personal column of the Echo de France a discreet message addressed - to _M. Ars. Lup_, expressing in veiled terms your consent to my - offer. By so doing you will recover immediate possession of the - ticket; then you can collect the money and send me half a million - in a manner that I will describe to you later. + personal column of the _Echo de France_ a discreet message + addressed to _M. Ars. Lup_, expressing in veiled terms your consent + to my offer. By so doing you will recover immediate possession of + the ticket; then you can collect the money and send me half a + million in a manner that I will describe to you later. “In case of your refusal, I shall resort to other measures to accomplish the same result. But, apart from the very serious annoyances that such obstinacy on your part will cause you, it will @@ -834,7 +806,7 @@ After a short silence, he asked, anxiously: “I? No, not yet. He made the appointment by letter, saying both of you would be here, and asking me to dismiss my servants before three o’clock and admit no one while you were here. If I would not consent to -that arrangement, I was to notify him by a few words in _the Echo de +that arrangement, I was to notify him by a few words in the _Echo de France_. But I am only too happy to oblige Mon. Lupin, and so I consented.” @@ -1086,7 +1058,7 @@ Then he continued to speak, with calm deliberation: “But, really, what do they know? That you are here, and, perhaps, that Mlle. Gerbois is here, for they may have seen her arrive with an unknown lady. But they do not imagine that I am here. How is it -possible that I could be in a house that they ran-sacked from cellar to +possible that I could be in a house that they ransacked from cellar to garret this morning? They suppose that the unknown lady was sent by me to make the exchange, and they will be ready to arrest her when she goes out—” @@ -1094,7 +1066,7 @@ goes out—” At that moment, the bell rang. With a brusque movement, Lupin seized Mon. Gerbois, and said to him, in an imperious tone: -“Do not move! Remember your daughter, and be prudent—otherwise—As to +“Do not move! Remember your daughter, and be prudent—otherwise— As to you, Monsieur Detinan, I have your promise.” Mon. Gerbois was rooted to the spot. The lawyer did not stir. Without @@ -3135,7 +3107,7 @@ He shook the gate with all his strength; then, realizing the futility of his efforts, he dropped his arms, discouraged, and muttered, in a jerky manner: -“I can see it all now—it is Lupin. He fore-saw that I would leave the +“I can see it all now—it is Lupin. He foresaw that I would leave the train at Creil, and he prepared this neat little trap for me in case I should commence my investigation this evening. Moreover, he was kind enough to send me a companion to share my captivity. All done to make @@ -4474,7 +4446,7 @@ reach of his hand. She extinguished the lamp and turned on the electric lights. Then for the first time Herlock Sholmes obtained a good look at her face. He was amazed. The woman, whom he had overtaken after so much trouble and -after so many tricks and manoeuvres, was none other than Clotilde +after so many tricks and manœuvres, was none other than Clotilde Destange. @@ -6087,7 +6059,7 @@ Then Sholmes stepped up, and, with an air of authority, pushed Ganimard aside, took the receiver, and covered the transmitter with his handkerchief in order to obscure the tone of his voice. At that moment he glanced toward Lupin, and the look which they exchanged indicated -that the same idea had occurred to each of them, and that they fore-saw +that the same idea had occurred to each of them, and that they foresaw the ultimate result of that theory: it was the blonde Lady who was telephoning. She wished to telephone to Felix Davey, or rather to Maxime Bermond, and it was to Sholmes she was about to speak. The @@ -6829,7 +6801,7 @@ THE MATCH BETWEEN HERLOCK SHOLMES AND ARSÈNE LUPIN. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH CHAMPION. THE GREAT DETECTIVE ATTACKS THE MYSTERY OF THE RUE MURILLO. READ THE -DETAILS IN THE “ECHO DE FRANCE”. +DETAILS IN THE “ECHO DE FRANCE.” Wilson shook his head, and said: @@ -8103,7 +8075,7 @@ bicycles. After a few words with them he leaped on a third bicycle, which was leaning against the wall of the café, and rode away at a fast pace, accompanied by the two policemen. -“Hein! one, two, three and away!” growled Sholmes. “And through, whose +“Hein! one, two, three and away!” growled Sholmes. “And through whose agency, Monsieur Ganimard? Two of your colleagues.... Ah! but Arsène Lupin has a wonderful organization! Bicycle policemen in his service!... I told you our man was too calm, too sure of himself.” @@ -8354,7 +8326,7 @@ One minute more and the boat will sink. Lupin continued his chatter: “The important thing to know is whether we will sink before or after the arrival of the champions of the law. That is the main question. As -to our shipwreck, that is a fore-gone conclusion. Now, monsieur, the +to our shipwreck, that is a foregone conclusion. Now, monsieur, the hour has come in which we must make our wills. I give, devise and bequeath all my property to Herlock Sholmes, a citizen of England, for his own use and benefit. But, mon Dieu, how quickly the champions of @@ -8860,7 +8832,6 @@ and devised the scheme of the theft in order to save her from Bresson. “You, Suzanne, you,” repeated Monsieur d’Imblevalle, bowed with grief and shame.... “How could you?” -***** On the same evening, the steamer “City of London,” which plies between Calais and Dover, was gliding slowly over the smooth sea. The night was @@ -8961,7 +8932,7 @@ his extraordinary intuition and tenacity, succeeded in recovering the Jewish lamp as well as the blue diamond. This time, perhaps, the finish had not been so brilliant, especially -from the stand-point of the public spectators, since Sholmes was +from the standpoint of the public spectators, since Sholmes was obliged to maintain a discreet silence in regard to the circumstances in which the Jewish lamp had been recovered, and to announce that he did not know the name of the thief. 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