"That's one clue checked," thought the inspector. "Our man wears an eyeglass."
He next collected the pieces of the racing–paper and showed them to a newsvendor, who easily recognized the Turf Illustré. Ganimard at once went to the offices of the Turf and asked to see the list of subscribers. Going through the list, he jotted down the names and addresses of all those who lived anywhere near the Pont–Neuf and principally—because Lupin had said so—those on the left bank of the river.
He then went back to the Criminal Investigation Department, took half a dozen men and packed them off with the necessary instructions.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the last of these men returned and brought good news with him. A certain M. Prévailles, a subscriber to the Turf, occupied an entresol flat on
