"It is because I so esteem you as an adversary that I tell you, in
confidence, that it is my intention to regain possession of my
property on Wednesday next, and that, having done so, I shall beg
you to accept a small souvenir of the occasion.
"I am, my dear sir,
"Most cordially yours,
"JACQUES CROCHARD,
"L'Invincible!"
I looked up to find Godfrey regarding me with a quizzical smile.
"Of course it's a joke," I said. Then I looked at him again. "Surely,
Godfrey, you don't believe this is genuine!"
"Perhaps we can prove it," he said, quietly. "That is one reason I
came up. Didn't Armand leave a note for you the day he failed to see
you?"
"Yes; on his card; I have it here!" and with trembling fingers, I got
out my pocket-book and drew the card from the compartment in which I
had carefully preserved it.
One glance at it was enough. The pencilled line on the back was
unquestionably written by the same hand which wrote the letter.
"And now you know his name," Godfrey added, tapping the signature
with his finger. "I have been certain from the first that it was he!"
I gazed at the signature without answering.
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