The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

"[...]affair interests you. How can I serve you, Ganimard?" "Must I explain to you what steps the authorities have taken in the matter?" "Not at all. I have read the newspapers and I will frankly state that you have made very little progress." "And that is the reason I have come to see you." "I am entirely at your service." "In the first place, the Cahorn affair was managed by you?" "From A to Z." "The letter of warning? the telegram?" "All mine. I ought to have the receipts somewhere." Arsène opened the drawer of a small table of plain white wood which, with the bed and stool, constituted all the furniture in his cell, and took therefrom two scraps of paper which he handed to Ganimard. "Ah!" exclaimed the detective, in surprise, "I though you were closely guarded and searched, and I find that you read the newspapers and collect postal receipts." "Bah! these people are so stupid! They open the lining of my vest, they examine the soles of my shoes, they sound the walls of my cell, but they never imagine that Arsène Lupin would be foolish enough to choose such a simple hiding place." Ganimard laughed, as he said: "What a droll fellow you are! Really, you bewilder me. But, come now, tell me about the Cahorn affair." "Oh! oh! not quite so fast! You would rob me of all my secrets; expose all my [...]".