“Arsène Lupin is on your vessel, first cabin, blonde hair, wound right forearm, traveling alone under name of R⁠—”

“Arsène Lupin is on your vessel, first cabin, blonde hair, wound right forearm, traveling alone under name of R⁠—”

At that moment, a terrible flash of lightning rent the stormy skies. The electric waves were interrupted. The remainder of the dispatch never reached us. Of the name under which Arsène Lupin was concealing himself, we knew only the initial.