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CHAPTER XVII SONIA'S ESCAPE
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"One of M. Formery's innocents," said Guerchard, turning to the Duke.
"The chalk?" said the Duke. "Is it the same chalk?"
"It's blue," said Guerchard, holding it out. "The same as that of the signatures on the walls. Add that fact to the woman's sudden realization1 of what she was doing, and you'll see that they were written with it."
"It is rather a surprise," said the Duke. "To look at her you would think that she was the most honest woman in the world."
"Ah, you don't know Lupin, your Grace," said Guerchard. "He can do anything with women; and they'll do anything for him. And, what's more, as far as I can see, it doesn't make a scrap3 of difference whether they're honest or not. The fair-haired lady I was telling you about was probably an honest woman; Ganimard is sure of it. We should have found out long ago who she was if she had been a wrong 'un. And Ganimard also swears that when he arrested Lupin on board the Provence some woman, some ordinary, honest woman among the passengers, carried away Lady Garland's jewels, which he had stolen and was bringing to America, and along with them a matter of eight hundred pounds which he had stolen from a fellow-passenger on the voyage."
"That power of fascination4 which some men exercise on women is one of those mysteries which science should investigate before it does anything else," said the Duke, in a reflective tone. "Now I come to think of it, I had much better have spent my time on that investigation5 than on that tedious journey to the South Pole. All the same, I'm deucedly sorry for that woman, Victoire. She looks such a good soul."
Guerchard shrugged6 his shoulders: "The prisons are full of good souls," he said, with cynical7 wisdom born of experience. "They get caught so much more often than the bad."
"It seems rather mean of Lupin to make use of women like this, and get them into trouble," said the Duke.
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