[The Champdoce Mystery by Emile Gaboriau]@TWC D-Link bookThe Champdoce Mystery CHAPTER XXV 4/10
"Ah!" said he, "the little chestnut seller will always be there; but I may lose the others if I stay here." He followed the two men as quickly as possible.
They did not go very far, and speedily entered a fine house in the Rue Montmartre.
Here Andre was for a moment puzzled, as he did not know to whom they were paying a visit, but noticing an inscription on the wall of "Cashier's Office on the first floor," he exclaimed,-- "Ah! it is to the banker's they have gone!" He questioned a man coming downstairs and heard that M.Martin Rigal, the banker, had his offices and residence there. "I have struck a vein of good luck to-day," thought he; "and now if my little friend the chestnut seller can only tell me the names of these men, I have done a good day's work.
I _do_ hope that he has not gone." The boy was still there, and he had two customers standing by the chafing-dish which contained the glowing charcoal, and a working lad in cap and blouse was arguing so hotly with the lad that they did not notice Andre's appearance. "You can stow that chat," said the boy; "I have told your father the price I would take.
You want my station and stock-in-trade.
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