Leblanc, Maurice, 1864-1941 / 2008-09-26 00:00:00
The position was becoming critical for Lupin. He ran the risk of
knocking up against Daubrecq, if he went away, or of not being able to
get out, if he remained. But, on ascertaining that the dining-room
windows afforded a direct means of exit to the square, he resolved to
stay. Besides, the opportunity of obtaining a close view of Daubrecq
was too good to refuse; and, as Daubrecq had been out to dinner, there
was not much chance of his entering the dining-room.
Lupin, therefore, waited, holding himself ready to hide behind a velvet
curtain that could be drawn across the glazed partition in case of need.
He heard the sound of doors opening and shutting. Some one walked into
the study and switched on the light. He recognized Daubrecq.
The deputy was a stout, thickset, bull-necked man, very nearly bald,
with a fringe of gray whiskers round his chin and wearing a pair of black
eye-glasses under his spectacles, for his eyes were weak and strained.
Lupin noticed the powerful features, the square chin, the prominent
cheek-bones. The hands were brawny and covered with hair, the legs bowed;
and he walked with a stoop, bearing first on one hip and then on the
other, which gave him something of the gait of a gorilla. But the face
was topped by an enormous, lined forehead, indented with hollows and
dotted with bumps.
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