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The Mystery of the Yellow Room

CHAPTER II
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I want you.

The 'Epoque' has definitely entrusted this case to me, and I must clear it up as quickly as possible." "But in what way can I be of any use to you ?" "Monsieur Robert Darzac is at the Chateau du Glandier." "That's true.

His despair must be boundless." "I must have a talk with him." Rouletabille said it in a tone that surprised me.
"Is it because--you think there is something to be got out of him ?" I asked.
"Yes." That was all he would say.

He retired to my sitting-room, begging me to dress quickly.
I knew Monsieur Robert Darzac from having been of great service to him in a civil action, while I was acting as secretary to Maitre Barbet Delatour.

Monsieur Robert Darzac, who was at that time about forty years of age, was a professor of physics at the Sorbonne.


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