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I here close the citation which I have thought it my duty to make from Monsieur Maleine 's narrative . I need not tell the reader that all that passed in the laboratory was immediately and faithfully reported to me by Rouletabille . CHAPTER XII . Frederic Larsan 's Cane It was not till six o'clock that I left the chateau , taking with me the article hastily written by my friend in the little sitting-room which Monsieur Robert Darzac had placed at our disposal . The reporter was to sleep at the chateau , taking advantage of the to me inexplicable hospitality offered him by Monsieur Robert Darzac , to whom Monsieur Stangerson , in that sad time , left the care of all his domestic affairs . Nevertheless he insisted on accompanying me to the station at Epinay . In crossing the park , he said to me : `` Frederic is really very clever and has not belied his reputation .