He left the inn and did not return until an hour later as night was falling. The Masher joined him.
"Have you the little book?" asked Lupin.
"Yes, governor. It was what I saw at the Aumale newspaper–shop. I got it for ten sous."
"Give it me."
The Masher handed him an old, soiled, torn pamphlet, entitled, on the cover, A Visit to Mortepierre, 1824, with plans and illustrations.
Lupin at once looked for the plan of the donjon–keep.
"That's it," he said. "Above the ground were three stories, which have been razed, and below the ground, dug out of the rock, two stories, one of which was blocked up by the rubbish, while the other…There, that's where our friend Daubrecq lies. The name is significant: the torture–chamber…Poor, dear friend!…Between the staircase and the torture–chamber, two
