Chapter

 1 I    | superiority.~The inspector was, in fact, one of the most esteemed
 2 I    |         will you do by and by?”~In fact, it was too soon to complain.
 3 II   |          pass from the idea to the fact, from theory to practise.
 4 II   |          position is proved by the fact that you did not understand
 5 III  |        hearsay.”~“The proof!”~“The fact is easily demonstrated.
 6 IV   |           of the wind. In point of fact, however, this ignis fatuus
 7 V    |            bottle, are in point of fact so thick at the bottom that
 8 VI   |            flesh demonstrated this fact with almost mathematical
 9 VI   |           Of course, there was the fact itself, as evidenced by
10 VI   |         quite agree with you!” The fact is, that for the past two
11 VII  |      anything fresh?”~“Yes, sir; a fact that is apparently very
12 VIII |     astronomer. Once again did the fact prove stranger than fiction.
13 VIII |    catastrophe itself was a patent fact, its motive, its surroundings,
14 VIII |           quite unable to move: in fact, she appeared to be so ill
15 IX   |           not speak the truth. The fact is, he had just been struck
16 X    |      murderer—with all of them, in fact. I am positive as regards
17 X    |       prisoner, he had in point of fact carefully noted his attitude,
18 X    |          other circumstances, this fact would have been a strong
19 XII  |         were by no means ended; in fact, the battle had only just
20 XIV  |           the mystery. In point of fact, he was seeking for some
21 XV   |         there was no mistaking the fact that this unfortunate woman
22 XV   |            us everywhere, and this fact explains the failures that
23 XVI  |      shared by others.~In point of fact, the Palais de Justice was
24 XVI  |       momentarily oblivious of the fact that he himself scarcely
25 XVI  |          and even ironical air. In fact, this indirect threat scarcely
26 XVI  |          apprehension was based on fact, as M, Segmuller himself
27 XVI  |      position, and yet despite the fact that the two adversaries
28 XVII |  considered rich, and, in point of fact, he was indeed far more
29 XVII |         seemed rather frightened—a fact flattering to her vanity—
30 XVII |      brings you here?”~In point of fact, Lecoq was not frightened,
31 XVIII|       pined for the stage, and, in fact, he almost wept when he
32 XVIII|            in Germany revealed the fact that a certain M. Simpson
33 XVIII|       strict secrecy; and yet this fact was of little import. It
34 XIX  |            his own accord.”~And in fact M. Segmuller did return
35 XXI  |   well-nigh in tatters. He had, in fact, rather exaggerated his
36 XXII |          nothing surprising in the fact that a man of the world,
37 XXIII|     conduct. As soon as you meet a fact that seems even more than
38 XXV  |         instant—to be an undoubted fact.~“You look as if you had