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Chapter 16.

Victors slip.

They were silent.

The Duke walked to the fireplace, stepped into it, and studied the opening.

He came out again and said,

oh, by the way, Mosheah Fumare, the policeman at the front door wanted to stop me going out of the house when I went home to change.

I take it that Mosheah Gouchard's prohibition does not apply to me.

Of course not, of course not your grace, said Mosheah Fumare, quickly.

I saw that you would change your clothes, your grace, said Gouchard.

I thought you would done it here.

No, said the Duke, I went home. The policeman protested, but he went no further, so I did not throw him into the middle of the street.

Whatever our station, we should respect the law, said Mosheah Fumare, solemnly.

The Republican law, Mosheah Fumare?

I'm a royalist, said the Duke, smiling at him.

Mosheah Fumare shook his head, sadly.

I was wondering, said the Duke, about Gouchard's theory that the burglars were led in the front door of this house by an accomplice.

Why, when they had this beautiful large opening, did they want a front door, too?

I did not know that that was Gouchard's theory, said Mosheah Fumare, a trifle contemptuously.

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