“Oh,” cried the young man, “I shall catch them!”

And he rushed out of the office.

“And bring her back to us!” cried the commissary gaily.⁠ ⁠… “Ah, that’s a trick worth two of the Angel of Music’s!”

And, turning to his audience, M. Mifroid delivered a little lecture on police methods.

“I don’t know for a moment whether M. le Comte de Chagny has really carried Christine Daaé off or not⁠ ⁠… but I want to know and I believe that, at this moment, no one is more anxious to inform us than his brother.⁠ ⁠… And now he is flying in pursuit of him! He is my chief auxiliary! This, gentlemen, is the art of the police, which is believed to be so complicated and which, nevertheless, appears so simple as soon as you see that it consists in getting your work done by people who have nothing to do with the police.”