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_ Cherchez la femme _ , ' '' he observed , affecting an atrocious English accent ; and then he repeated , as if he were himself the inventor , the patentee , of the admirable aphorism , '' ' _ Cherchez la femme ! _ ' That 's what you have got to do in the case of Florac , and of a good many other Frenchmen of his kind , I fancy ! '' `` I 'm going home now , Pargeter , '' said Vanderlyn with sudden , harsh decision . `` If you really wish me to go out to Marly-le-Roi in one of your cars to-morrow morning , will you please give orders for it to be round at my place at nine o'clock ? '' From what seemed an infinite distance , Vanderlyn awoke the next morning to hear the suave voice of his servant , Poulain , murmuring in his ear , `` The automobile is here to take Monsieur for a drive in the country . I did not wish to wake Monsieur , but the chauffeur declared that Monsieur desired the automobile to be here at nine . '' Poulain 's master sat up in bed and stared at Poulain .