The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin

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Leblanc Maurice. The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin

CHAPTER ONE. THE SHOT

CHAPTER TWO. ISIDORE BEAUTRELET, SIXTH-FORM SCHOOLBOY

CHAPTER THREE. THE CORPSE

CHAPTER FOUR. FACE TO FACE

CHAPTER FIVE. ON THE TRACK

CHAPTER SIX. AN HISTORIC SECRET

CHAPTER SEVEN. THE TREATISE OF THE NEEDLE

CHAPTER EIGHT. FROM CAESAR TO LUPIN

CHAPTER NINE. OPEN, SESAME!

CHAPTER TEN. THE TREASURES OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE

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"But I must first show you the road which I followed to arrive at the certainty and the very reasons of the murder—without which my accusation would seem monstrous to you.—And it is not—no, it is not monstrous at all.—There is one detail which has passed unobserved and which, nevertheless, is of the greatest importance; and that is that Jean Daval, at the moment when he was stabbed, had all his clothes on, including his walking boots, was dressed, in short, as a man is dressed in the middle of the day, with a waistcoat, collar, tie and braces. Now the crime was committed at four o'clock in the morning."

"I reflected on that strange fact," said the magistrate, "and M. de Gesvres replied that Jean Daval spent a part of his nights in working."

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