He must have acted with great
promptness; for, no matter where they went, he had been there before
them. He appeared to have under his orders a dozen men, four of whom at
least certainly belonged to the Rue de Jerusalem. All the detectives had
met him; and he had spoken to them. To one, he had said: "What the deuce
are you showing this photograph for? In less than no time you will have
a crowd of witnesses, who, to earn three francs, will describe some one
more like the portrait than the portrait itself."
He had met another on the high-road, and had laughed at him.
"You are a simple fellow," he cried out, "to hunt for a hiding man on
the high-way; look a little aside, and you may find him."
Again he had accosted two who were together in a cafe at Bougival, and
had taken them aside.
"I have him," he said to them. "He is a smart fellow; he came by
Chatois. Three people have seen him--two railway porters and a third
person whose testimony will be decisive, for she spoke to him. He was
smoking."
M. Daburon became so angry with old Tabaret, that he immediately started
for Bougival, firmly resolved to bring the too zealous man back to
Paris, and to report his conduct in the proper quarter.
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