The Englishman’s composure never wavers, producing a thick bundle of banknotes — far more than M. de Boville had dared to hope for. Relief floods the inspector’s face as ruin gives way to salvation. Yet the stranger refuses any percentage or commission. His price, it seems, is something altogether different.

What began as a transaction of francs now turns into an exchange of secrets. Money changes hands easily; the truth requires another kind of payment.

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