So I take my precautions--never mind for the moment what they were.

I take care that if the murderer is in Aix and gets wind of our discovery he shall not be able to communicate his news." "The Post Office would have stopped letters or telegrams," said Ricardo.

"I understand." "On the contrary," replied Hanaud.

"No, I took my precautions, which were of quite a different kind, before I knew the house in Geneva or the name of Rossignol.

But one way of communication I did not think of.
I did not think of the possibility that the news might be sent to a newspaper, which of course would publish it and cry it through the streets of Geneva.