about eleven o'clock
I 'll fight until I drop ! '' For the second time , the Grand Duchess Alexandra solemnly repeated to the Queen : `` I have the honor to take leave of your Majesty , and I dare to hope that I may hear news of your Majesty when I reach my journey 's end . I shall be away a long while from the court of Hesse-Weimar and from its august Sovereign for whom I profess the deepest respect . '' The interview between the Queen and the woman she deemed her mortal enemy took place about eleven o'clock , two days after the famous ball in the midst of which the detective Juve had so unfortunately been mistaken for Fantômas , and thrown into a gloomy dungeon where he had since been kept in solitary confinement . Opinion at Hesse-Weimar was divided between the theory that the thief had succeeded in hiding the famous diamond before he was caught , and the theory that when he discovered its hiding place , he had found an empty jewel case . Naturally , the identity of the Grand Duchess with the famous Lady Beltham , -LSB- 3 -RSB- established by Juve , was unknown in Hesse-Weimar , nor did anyone suspect that her sudden departure was in any way connected with the arrest of the pseudo Fantômas . -LSB- Footnote 3 : See `` Fantômas , '' Vols .