Chapter 9: IX

IX Herlock Sholmes Arrives Too Late “It is really remarkable, Velmont, what a close resemblance you bear to Arsène Lupin!” “How do you know?” “Oh! like everyone else, from photographs, no two of which are alike, but each of them leaves the impression of a face … something like yours.” Horace Velmont displayed some vexation. “Quite so, my dear Devanne. And, believe me, you are not the first one who has noticed it.” “It is so striking,” persisted Devanne, “that if you had n…