All you need do to let me know is to undo the cord holding
the curtain of the 'right' gallery window, nearest to the dark
closet. The curtain will fall of itself and immediately leave a
square of shadow where previously there had been a square of light.
To do this, you need but stretch your hand out of the closet, I
shall understand your signal perfectly."
"And then?"
"Then you will see me coming round the corner of the 'off-turning'
gallery."
"What am I to do then?"
"You will immediately come towards me, behind the man; but I shall
already be upon him, and shall have seen his face."
I attempted a feeble smile.
"Why do you smile? Well, you may smile while you have the chance,
but I swear you'll have no time for that a few hours from now.
"And if the man escapes?"
"So much the better," said Rouletabille, coolly, "I don't want to
capture him. He may take himself off any way he can. I will let
him go--after I have seen his face. That's all I want. I shall
know afterwards what to do so that as far as Mademoiselle Stangerson
is concerned he shall be dead to her even though he continues to
live.
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