“Rose was impressed by what Fouchard’s men had so far achieved in a brief morning’s work, perhaps pleased by their unusual temporary assignment in tracking down a murderer. The Sûreté in Nice had, as Fouchard predicted, promptly handed the case to Paris. If he were a villain with the choice of being hunted down by British crushers or French gendarmes, he decided he’d choose the British. His admiration for Fouchard shot up. He was presented with names and addresses of all those present (even La B...elle Mimosa’s, he was amused to notice); vigorous inquiries were rapidly noting those known under the useful Registration of Foreigners Act to have travelled from England recently, and the Sûreté Générale in Paris, he was told, was working on Lord Westbourne’s movements there. The greater number of persons who could be established to have been in England while the robberies took place, the greater role Inspector Rose and the Sûreté would have to play in the proceedings, was Fouchard’s reasoning.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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