I advise you to regain Paris without a moment's delay.

The wily Perpignan, on your return, will at once take you to the head police office, where Vigoureux will have left his papers, like other men of his profession.

If there is any difficulty in obtaining a sight of them, the Duke de Champdoce will act as a talisman.

You will then discover that in 1864, the man Vigoureux was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for disorderly conduct, and that he now keeps a wine-shop at the corner of the Rue Depleux." "Stop a bit," said Catenac, "and let me take down the address." "When you go there, you will recognize Vigoureux by the loss of his finger.

He will at once admit that the lad followed him, and remained in the troupe for ten months.