What makes me more willing to think so is, that the scamp did not leave the candle burning.

You see he took the trouble to put it out." "Pooh!" said Lecoq.

"That proves nothing.

He is probably an economical and careful man." The investigations of the two agents were continued all over the house; but their most minute researches resulted in discovering absolutely nothing; not one piece of evidence to convict; not the faintest indication which might serve as a point of departure.

Even the dead woman's papers, if she possessed any, had disappeared.