CHAPTER XIII

THE OWNER OF THE DRESS WHEN some time later the two friends met, Lefarge said:— “I saw the Chief, and he’s not very satisfied with the way things are going. None of those women have done anything with the clothes. He’s got a notion we ought to advertise and he wants us to go there at nine to-night and talk it over.” Accordingly, at the hour named, they presented themselves at the office in the Sûreté. “Sit down, gentlemen,” began the Chief. “I wanted to consult with you about this case. In our efforts to identify t…