Chapter

 1 VII  |      wait.”~At this moment, the governor of the Depot entered the
 2 VII  |        situation,” observed the governor.~“Not in the least. I am
 3 VII  |       will you answer?”~But the governor perceived the futility of
 4 VII  |       to resist,” exclaimed the governor, “we are in force.”~The
 5 VII  |        the spectators, from the governor of the prison to the keepers,
 6 VII  |  package which he handed to the governor, saying: “I beg you, sir,
 7 VII  |     dust has been changed.”~The governor complied with the request,
 8 VII  |      doubt of it,” declared the governor. “This man is certainly
 9 VII  |       confinement prevented the governor giving him a companion,
10 IX   |        This is an order for the governor of the Depot. Tell him to
11 X    |      with the regulations.~“The governor of the Depot,” said the
12 X    |        a communication from the governor of the Depot,” said he.~
13 X    |       no fear of the danger the governor of the Depot had spoken
14 XI   |                          XI~The governor of the Depot, a functionary
15 XII  |         is the package that the governor of the Depot placed in his
16 XIII |         address an order to the governor of the Depot to produce
17 XIII |       Immediately afterward the governor of the Depot entered.~During
18 XIII |         of the prosecution.~The governor bowed assent to M. Segmuller’
19 XIII | Unfortunately, I have not.”~The governor shook his head with a knowing
20 XIII |       magistrate replied to the governor. “Upon my word, my dear
21 XIII |     assertion,” interrupted the governor; “and I hope before the
22 XIV  |        possible? Gevrol and the governor of the prison were right,
23 XVI  |         served to them, and the governor was walking up and down
24 XVI  |   magistrate nodded assent, the governor at once added: “Well I was
25 XVI  |      heard himself named by the governor, and considering this mention
26 XVI  |         gay manner to which the governor of the Depot alluded might
27 XVI  |       of the secret cells?”~The governor of the Depot was cut to
28 XVI  |         registrar,” replied the governor, “before I can answer you
29 XVI  |       way!”~The man to whom the governor called hastened to obey
30 XVI  |         him, for, bowing to the governor, he motioned Lecoq to follow
31 XVIII|   credit to his assertions.~The governor of the Depot alone remained
32 XVIII|         had been subjected, the governor of the Depot abandoned his
33 XVIII|        was yet at work when the governor of the Depot and his rival
34 XVIII|        man!”~“Oh, ho!” said the governor of the prison, considerably
35 XVIII|        deep impression upon the governor’s mind. For an instant he
36 XVIII|       he then insisted that the governor should accompany him to
37 XVIII|    would not have terrified the governor as much as did this inoffensive
38 XVIII|     evident delight changed the governor’s stupor into fury. “Ah!
39 XVIII|       were so sensible that the governor yielded. “So be it,” he
40 XVIII|         was so correct that the governor assented; and they at once
41 XVIII|        he, “to imagine that the governor of a prison could be more
42 XVIII|        this note,” murmured the governor.~“Why not?” the smiling
43 XVIII|     escaped the magistrate, the governor, and the clerk.~“At least
44 XVIII|     this book be sent for—”~The governor of the Depot was actually
45 XVIII|          trust me!” replied the governor, hastily leaving the room.~
46 XIX  |      unfortunate,” remarked the governor of the Depot, with a shade
47 XIX  |        had encountered, cut the governor to the quick. The knowledge
48 XIX  |     never thought of that.”~The governor had just advanced the only
49 XIX  |        some angry retort to the governor’s sneering criticism, as
50 XIX  |     Excuse me!” interrupted the governor, “but how will you obtain
51 XIX  |        way they encountered the governor of the Depot, arriving all
52 XIX  |       of the bolt, drawn by the governor himself, the prisoner rose
53 XIX  |         turned to Lecoq and the governor to request them to withdraw,
54 XIX  |       so specious, that all the governor’s doubts returned.~“And
55 XIX  |          Until they reached the governor’s office, he did not utter
56 XIX  |        it at all,” remarked the governor.~“Why,” replied Lecoq, “
57 XIX  |        never be explained.”~The governor and the young detective
58 XIX  |       were flitting through the governor’s mind, Lecoq suspiciously
59 XIX  |         but what this fool of a governor confided everything to Gevrol?
60 XIX  |     Absinthe, and mystified the governor.”~“The deuce!” exclaimed
61 XIX  |   affair of the cipher note the governor’s vigilance has been unimpeachable.
62 XIX  |        and he can influence the governor just as he likes. Now, to
63 XX   |         by his messenger to the governor of that particular jail
64 XX   |         again incarcerated, the governor of the prison is relieved