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XIV In Which a Police Agent Bestows Two Fistfuls on a Lawyer On arriving at No. 14, Rue de Pontoise, he ascended to the first floor and inquired for the commissary of police. “The commissary of police is not here,” said a clerk; “but there is an inspector who takes his place. Would you like to speak to him? Are you in haste?” “Yes,” said Marius. The clerk introduced him into the commissary’s office. There stood a tall man behind a grating, leaning against a stove, and holding up …