CHAPTER V

THE HUNT IS UP! THE outstanding feature of the inquiry into the Mélamare case was probably its futility. In fact, but for the activities of Jean d’Enneris—or Arsène Lupin—the deadlock might have gone on indefinitely. The two old servants were furious that anyone should dare suspect their irreproachable employers, but all their devotion produced no single piece of exculpatory evidence. Ursule had hardly stirred out of her kitchen that day, except to do the shopping in the morning. When the bell rang, which was rarel…