human
Our friend lives at the Hôtel des Étrangers, near the corner of the Boulevard St. Michel, went on Gibelin.
gpt
I _happened_ to be talking with the man who sent out the banquet invitations and he told me. M. Kittredge has a little room with a brick floor up six flights. And long! And black! He rubbed his knees ruefully.
human
But it was worth the trouble. Ah, yes!
gpt
You examined his things?
human
he chuckled.
gpt
Well, well, broke in M. Paul,
human
Gibelin beamed. 'The old school has its good points, after all.'
gpt
For one thing I discovered a photograph of the woman who was in Number Six with Martinez.
human
The devil!
gpt
It is not of much importance, since already you have the woman's name and address.
human
How do you know it is the woman's photograph?
gpt
I'll tell you, replied Gibelin, delighted with his sensation.
human
It's quite a story. I suppose you know that when this woman slipped out of the Ansonia, she drove directly to the house where we arrested the American. You knew that?
gpt
No.
human
Well, I _happened_ to speak to the _concierge_ there and she remembers perfectly a lady in an evening gown with a rain coat over it like the one this woman escaped in. This lady sent a note by the _concierge_ up to the apartment of that she-dragon, the sacristan's wife, where M. Kittredge was calling on Alice.
gpt
Ah! What time was that?
human
About a quarter to ten. The note was for M. Kittredge. It must have been a _wild_ one, for he hurried down, white as a sheet, and drove off with the lady. Fifteen minutes later they stopped at his hotel and he went up to his room, two steps, at a time, while she waited in the cab. And Jean, the _garçon_, had a good look at her and he told Rose, the chambermaid, and _she_ had a look and recognized her as the woman whose photograph she had often seen in the American's room.
gpt
Ah, that's lucky! rejoined the judge.
human
And you have this photograph?
gpt
No, but----
human
You said you found it?
gpt
I did, that is, I found a piece of it, a corner that wasn't burned.
human
Burned?
gpt
Yes, said Gibelin,