![]() ![]() And, for my part, I attribute the anomalous conduct of which I was guilty on that occasion to the unusual from of mind in which I found myself on my return home. The first act takes place during that memorable night of 22 June, of which so much has already been said. It was by chance that I was participant in one of his strangest and most mysterious adventures and by chance that I was an actor in a drama of which he was the marvelous stage director an obscure and intricate drama, bristling with such thrilling events that I feel a certain embarrassment in undertaking to describe it. The answer is simple: chance alone presided over my choice my merit was not considered. ![]() The details that I gather concerning that mysterious man, the irrefutable facts that I present, the new evidence that I produce, the interpretation that I place on certain acts of which the public has seen only the exterior manifestations without being able to discover the secret reasons or the invisible mechanism, all establish, if not an intimacy, at least amicable relations and regular confidences.īut how did I make his acquaintance? Why was I selected to be his historiographer? Why I, and not some one else? My connection with Arsene Lupin was well known. I am frequently asked this question: "How did you make the acquaintance of Arsene Lupin?" 350976 The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar - Chapter VI: The seven of hearts Maurice Leblanc ![]()
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