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on the nose of a government official, was
almost an impertinence!
"It's worse," answered the doctor; " it's
an absurdity. Nevertheless I want you
to let me go and hunt up Romagne. I
want to see him to-day; if for no other
reason, to convince myself of my error.
Have you kept his address?"
"God forbid! "
"Very well. I'll go and try to find
him. Keep your patience and stay in your
room, and don't doctor yourself any more."
He hunted for a fortnight; the police
came to his aid, and kept him off the track
three weeks. Half a dozen Romagn6s
were found. A detective of great experience unearthed all the Romagnes in
Paris except the one they wanted. They
found a retired soldier, a dealer in wolf
skins, a lawyer, a thief, a dry-goods clerk,
a gendarme, and a millionnaire. M. l'Ambert was before his fire, fairly broiling