"He's an old man, a German called Steinweg. . . . But, of course, you've heard about him, Weber, and the way in which he was carried off in the middle of the Palais de Justice?" M. Formerie threw an inquiring glance at the deputy-chief. M. Weber said: "I undertake to bring that person to you, Monsieur le Juge d'Instruction." "So that's done," said M. Formerie, rising from his chair. "As you see, Lupin, this was merely a formal examination to bring the two duelists together. Now that we have crossed swords, all that we need is the necessary witness of our fencing-match, your counsel." "Tut! Is it indispensable?" "Indispensable." "Employ counsel in view of such an unlikely trial?" "You must." "In that case, I'll choose Maître Quimbel." "The president of the corporation of the bar. You are wise, you will be well defended." * * * * * The first sitting was over. M. Weber led the prisoner away. As he went down the stairs of the "mouse-trap," between the two Doudevilles, Lupin said, in short, imperative sentences: "Watch Steinweg. . . . Don't let him speak to anybody. . . . Be there to-morrow. . . . I'll give you some letters . . . one for you . . . important." Downstairs, he walked up to the municipal guards surrounding the taxi-cab: "Home, boys," he exclaimed, "and quick about it! I have an appointment with myself for two o'clock precisely." There were no incidents during the drive. On returning to his cell, Lupin wrote a long letter, full of detailed instructions, to the brothers Doudeville and, two other letters. One was for Geneviève: "Geneviève, you now know who I am and you will understand why I concealed from you the name of him who twice carried you away in his arms when you were a little girl. "Geneviève, I was your mother's friend, a distant friend, of whose double life she knew nothing, but upon whom she thought that she could rely. And that is why, before dying, she wrote me a few lines asking me to watch over you. "Unworthy as I am of your esteem, Geneviève, I shall continue faithful to that trust. Do not drive me from your heart entirely. "ARSÈNE LUPIN." The other letter was addressed to Dolores Kesselbach: "Prince Sernine was led to seek Mrs. Kesselbach's acquaintance by motives of self-interest alone. But a great longing to devote himself to her was the cause of his continuing it. "Now that Prince Sernine has become merely Arsène Lupin, he begs Mrs. Kesselbach not to deprive him of the right of protecting her, at a distance and as a man protects one whom he will never see again."