Chapter 6: VI

VI The Seven of Hearts I am frequently asked this question: “How did you make the acquaintance of Arsène Lupin?” My connection with Arsène Lupin was well known. 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 establis…