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-LSB- Footnote : See _ The Tell-tale Film _ . -RSB- Before four and seven o'clock , he bought the different editions of the evening papers . None of them reported an abduction . At nine o'clock he went to the Gymnase , where he had taken a private box . At half-past nine , as Hortense had not arrived , he rang her up , though without thought of anxiety . The maid replied that Madame Daniel had not come in yet . Seized with a sudden fear , Rénine hurried to the furnished flat which Hortense was occupying for the time being , near the Parc Monceau , and questioned the maid , whom he had engaged for her and who was completely devoted to him .