eight o'clock in the
morning
Fantômas ! And now the name of Fantômas was associated with the scandal brought about by Frederick-Christian ! M. Annion slept badly , haunted by a nightmare in which he was constantly pursuing an extraordinary Fantômas , whom he would seize and bind and who would then suddenly vanish into thin air . At eight o'clock in the morning he appeared at his office . There a surprise awaited him . Upon his desk lay a telegram . Rapidly tearing it open , he glanced at the text .