ARSÈNE LUPIN SUPER-SLEUTH BY MAURICE LE BLANC NEW YORK THE MACAULAY COMPANY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I ... and the Blue-Eyed English Girl 11 II Investigations 35 III The Kiss in the Dark 49 IV The Villa B. is Burgled 76 V The St. Bernard 96 VI Between the Branches 117 VII One of the Mouths of Hell! 143 VIII Plans and Stratagems 163 IX Sister Ann, Sister Ann, Do You See Anything? 187 X Words as Good as Actions 215 XI Blood 238 XII The Water That Rose 265 XIII In the Darkness 288 XIV The Spring of Jouvence 307 ARSÈNE LUPIN, SUPER-SLEUTH CHAPTER I ... AND THE BLUE-EYED ENGLISH GIRL Ralph de Limézy was strolling along the boulevards with the careless air of a happy man, who has only to look about him to enjoy the charming sights and the light gaiety which the life of Paris presents to the intelligent observer on certain luminous days in April. Of middle height, he had a figure at once slender and powerful. As he passed the Gymnase, he had the impression that a man who was walking abreast of him was following a woman, an impression which he was presently able to assure himself was exact. In the humor he was in nothing appeared more comic and amusing to Ralph than a man who followed a woman. Only the vast experience of the Baron de Limézy enabled him to divine that this discreet gentleman was following the lady. Ralph de Limézy was no less discreet, and availing himself of the screen afforded by the throng, he quickened his steps in order to make a careful examination of these two persons. Viewed from behind, the gentleman was distinguished by an impeccable back-parting which divided exactly his black and pomaded hair, and by a coat, no less impeccable, which gave full value to his large shoulders and high waist. Seen from in front, his face was of extreme regularity, furnished with a carefully trimmed beard and a fresh, pink complexion. Thirty years of age perhaps. With a confident walk. Carrying himself with an air of importance. Vulgar in appearance. Rings on his fingers. A gold tip to the cigarette he was smoking.