Arsène Lupin: The Gentleman

Fictional

Jason Weiser

Arts, History, Books

4.9 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The story of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief, begins with him sending a letter to a baron with the exact date and time he will rob the man.

The baron immediately contacts the best detective in France.

...oh and Arsène Lupin is actually in prison so the armed guards, locked gates, and flooded tunnels seem like overkill.

But...this is Arsène Lupin, so, of course, the poor Baron doesn't even stand a chance.

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0:00.0	A castle stood on an island in the sand river, accessible only by a thin stone bridge with
0:16.0	an iron gate on either side, waves lapped against three of the sides, sides that were
0:21.0	as stony and forbidding as the walls that stretched to the sky.
0:25.3	It was a Thursday in September, when the Baron, who lived in the castle, clicked the second
0:30.2	gate, alone on the island, but for three servants who, at their employer's insistence, slash
0:36.0	command, kept themselves and lived in a wholly different wing of the household, away from
0:41.8	his treasures.
0:43.3	No one saved him and him alone knew all that he kept in the castle.
0:48.3	Who goes there, barked the Baron?
0:51.0	The letter carrier waved, still him, like it had been for almost every day for the past
0:56.4	ten years.
0:57.7	The Baron harrumped.
0:59.0	Well, you can never be too careful.
1:02.3	The letter carrier mumbled that you absolutely can, and this is the definition of it, he
1:06.6	passed the mail through the iron at one side of the bridge, resting letters on a stone
1:11.3	ledge inside.
1:12.8	He heard the key squeak on the Baron side, and stepped back.
1:17.1	He called out that the Baron had assigned for this one?
1:20.6	He was careful, he couldn't even give the appearance of disturbing this one's sanctum.
1:25.0	The last guy had been the Baron's carrier for twenty years.
1:28.3	One day he reached too close to the Baron, one letter later, and he was fired without a
1:33.9	pension.
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