We will go and see her if you say so, after
breakfast, and in two hours she will give us Jenny's address. Ah,
if I were only as sure of pinching Tremorel!"
M. Plantat gave a sigh of relief. The conversation at last took
the turn he wished.
"You are thinking of him, then?" asked he.
"Am I?" shouted M. Lecoq, who started from his seat at the question.
"Now just look at my black ball there. I haven't thought of anybody
else, mark you, since yesterday; I haven't had a wink of sleep all
night for thinking of him. I must have him, and I will!"
"I don't doubt it; but when?"
"Ah, there it is! Perhaps to-morrow, perhaps in a month; it depends
on the correctness of my calculations and the exactness of my plan."
"What, is your plan made?"
"And decided on."
M. Plantat became attention itself.
"I start from the principle that it is impossible for a man,
accompanied by a woman, to hide from the police. In this case,
the woman is young, pretty, and in a noticeable condition; three
impossibilities more. Admit this, and we'll study Hector's
character. He isn't a man of superior shrewdness, for we have
found out all his dodges.
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