The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc
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green."
"Green? I dare say I do. So would you look green..." She had to sit down and it was only after making repeated efforts that she succeeded in stuttering: "A man... a man spoke to me... at the fruiterer's." "By jingo! Did he want you to run away with him?" "No, he gave me a letter..." "Then what are you complaining about? It was a love-letter, of course!" "No. 'It's for your governor,' said he. 'My governor?' I said. 'Yes,' he said, 'for the gentleman who's staying in your room.'" "What's that?" This time, Lupin had started: "Give it here," he said, snatching the letter from her. The envelope bore no address. But there was another, inside it, on which he read: "Monsieur Arsene Lupin, c/o Victoire." "The devil!" he said. "This is a bit thick!" He tore open the second envelope. It contained a sheet of paper with the following words, |
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