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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?<br/> - “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 + “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 <i>M. Ars. Lup</i>, 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.<br/> +expect to read in the personal column of the <i>Echo de France</i> a discreet +message addressed to <i>M. Ars. Lup</i>, 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.<br/> “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 cost you twenty-five thousand @@ -1331,7 +1317,7 @@ 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 <i>the Echo de France</i>. +arrangement, I was to notify him by a few words in the <i>Echo de France</i>. But I am only too happy to oblige Mon. Lupin, and so I consented.” </p> @@ -1733,7 +1719,7 @@ 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 garret this morning? They suppose +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—” </p> @@ -1745,7 +1731,7 @@ Gerbois, and said to him, in an imperious tone: <p> “Do not move! Remember your daughter, and be -prudent—otherwise—As to you, Monsieur Detinan, I have your +prudent—otherwise— As to you, Monsieur Detinan, I have your promise.” </p> @@ -4917,7 +4903,7 @@ efforts, he dropped his arms, discouraged, and muttered, in a jerky manner: </p> <p> -“I can see it all now—it is Lupin. He fore-saw that I would leave +“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 me lose a day, and, @@ -6956,7 +6942,7 @@ almost within 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 Destange. +manœuvres, was none other than Clotilde Destange. </p> <hr /> @@ -9514,7 +9500,7 @@ 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 the ultimate result of that theory: it was the +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 Englishman said: @@ -10731,7 +10717,7 @@ THE MATCH BETWEEN HERLOCK SHOLMES<br/> AND ARSÈNE LUPIN. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH<br/> CHAMPION. THE GREAT DETECTIVE ATTACKS<br/> THE MYSTERY OF THE RUE MURILLO. READ THE<br/> -DETAILS IN THE “ECHO DE FRANCE”.<br/> +DETAILS IN THE “ECHO DE FRANCE.”<br/> </p> <p> @@ -11692,7 +11678,7 @@ his memorandum book, in alphabetical and numerical order, and obtained the following result: </p> -<p> +<p class="center"> CDEHNOPEZ—237. </p> @@ -11721,7 +11707,7 @@ from other pages. Under those conditions he obtained the following solution, errors and omissions excepted: </p> -<p> +<p class="center"> REPOND Z—CH—237. </p> @@ -12766,7 +12752,7 @@ two policemen. <p> “Hein! one, two, three and away!” growled Sholmes. “And -through, whose agency, Monsieur Ganimard? Two of your colleagues.... Ah! but +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.” </p> @@ -12838,7 +12824,7 @@ Englishman gave a start of surprise. In the middle of the paper which he held in his hand he saw the series of letters cut from the alphabet-book: </p> -<p> +<p class="center"> CDEHNOPRZEO—237. </p> @@ -13126,7 +13112,7 @@ One minute more and the boat will sink. Lupin continued his chatter: <p> “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 hour has come in +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 the law are approaching! Ah! the brave @@ -13910,7 +13896,7 @@ theft in order to save her from Bresson. with grief and shame.... “How could you?” </p> -***** +<hr /> <p> On the same evening, the steamer “City of London,” which plies @@ -14069,7 +14055,7 @@ tenacity, succeeded in recovering the Jewish lamp as well as the blue diamond. <p> This time, perhaps, the finish had not been so brilliant, especially from the -stand-point of the public spectators, since Sholmes was obliged to maintain a +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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