简介：Naturally,afterhislastexperience,InspectorJuvewincesundersuchrebuffasthesubstitutionofValgrandandtheescapeofFantomas.Eventuallyamysteriouscrimepuzzleshimandhisassistant,Fandor.TothechiefoftheCriminalInvestigationDepartment,hereportsthatthebodyofawoman,foundinthehouseofDr.Charles,cannotbeidentified.PapersbearingthenameofLadyBelthamhadbeendiscoveredinherclothing.WasthebodythatofLadyBeltham,theaccompliceofGurn,orwasittheintentionthatpeopleshouldbelievethatshewasdead?JuvewonderedwhythebodywasfoundinthehouseofDr.Charles.Heconcernshimselftowatchthehouse,andthepatienceofFandorandhimselfisunexpectedlyrewarded.OnedayDr.Charlesleavesthehouse,andthecarinwhichheridesisfollowed.Charlesmakesafalsemove.ThemanwholeavestheclosedcarisnottheDr.Charleswhogotin.Heisnowayoungman,withablackmoustache,whereasCharlesisamiddle-agedmanwithablackbeard.Thatisdecidedlysuspicions,andthedetectivesareintimetoseehimacceptanotefromawomanwhoiswaitingforhim.InstructingFandortofollowthegirl,Juvegoesaftertheotherman,knowntothepoliceasLawrence,theleaderofbandits.FollowingLawrence(aliasCharles)inataxi,heisfatedtolosehisquarry,asanaccompliceofthebanditpuncturesthetireofoneofthewheels,andJuveisstrandedinastreetwhileLawrencegetsclearaway.SofarthereisnothingtoconnectCharles,aliasLawrence,withFantomas,aliasGurn.Fandorfaresmuchbetter.ThegirldoesnotsucceedinthrowingtheyoungerdetectiveoffthetrackandisapparentlyunconsciousofthefactthatsheisbeingfolloweduntilshenoticesFandorinthesamecompartmentoftherailwaycarriageinwhichsheistraveling.Fandortrackshertoahouse.Havingseenhersafelyindoors,hesendsanotetoJuve,sayingthatheiskeepingagoodwatch.Meanwhile,LawrencehasrendthenoteJosephinehandedhim,andhelearnsthatanelderlyman,confidentialclerkintheemploymentofMessrs,BrownandCo.,hasfalleninlovewithher.Thatafternoonheistaking$30,000toclientsofthefirm,andthinkingthatsheisattachedtohim,wishestotakeherwithhimonthejourney.TheywereleavingtheGaredeLyonStationforBercybytheNorthernExpressatthreeo'clockthatafternoon.WouldLawrencebeatthestationwithothersofthegang?Inconsequenceofthebreakdownofthecar,thenotewhichFandorhadwrittendidnotreachJuve.Fandor,however,hadwaitednearthehouseofthegirl,andwhensheleft,dressedasalady,followedhertotheGaredeLyon,whereshemettheconfidentialmessenger.Nodoubttherewasahiddenmeaninginthismeeting,andFandordecidedtojointhetrain;sodidLawrenceandothersofthegangwhomhehadgatheredroundhim.Thewholepartytraveledinthelastcoachofthetrain,andwhenthetimebadarrived,oneofthemenclimbedalongthefootboardanduncoupledthecoach.LawrencerecognizedFandor,buthispresenceonthetrainmadenodifferencetotheplansofthebandits.Asthecoachbegantofallawayfromtherestofthetrain,Josephineleftthecompartmentinwhichaperemptorydemandforthemoneybecarried,whilstFandorwasalsoattacked.Bythistimethespeedofthecoachhasverysensiblyslackenedandthegangeasilyescaped,fleeinginamotorcarwaitingforthem.Inthecartheyexaminedthehaul,andtotheirintensemortificationdiscoveredthatthenotesthemancarriedwereallhalfnotes,theremainderofwhichweretobehandedtotheclientsofBrownandCo.whenthecontractwascompleted.WhenFandorrecoveredfromtheshockoftheattackhepulledthecommunicationcord.Tohisconsternationhefoundthatnotonlyhaditbeensevered,butthatthecoachwasrunningdownthedecline.HeknewthattheNorthernExpresswasfollowingthetraininwhichhehadtraveled,andnothingbutamiraclewouldavertaseriousdisaster.Thecoachranback,andastheexpressbegantocrossthebridgetheenginecollidedwiththecoachandthewholetrainwasterriblywrecked.Lawrencedeterminestoobtaintheremaininghalvesofthenotes,butdecidesthatbeforedoingsoJuvemustbekilled.Withthatpurposeinview,he,inthenameofFandor,wirestoJuvetocometotheBercycellarsofBrownandCo.thefollowingnight.Juve,takingthewireasauthentic,goestoBercy,and.seeingsomeonemovingbehindthecasks,fires,andthencreepsforward,torunagainstFandor.Lawrenceandhisaccomplicebeganfiringatthedetectives,thebarrelsofspiritweresetonfire,andthroughatornadoofflamesthedetectivesescape.Fantomasagainhimselfescapes,andtheyloseentiretraceofhimuntilonenightwhenatahotel,JuveandFandormeetJosephine,andafterJuveisintroducedbyFandor,heinsiststhatJosephinedivulgethewhereaboutsofFantomas.Shereluctantly,underthethreatofarrest,takesJuvetoaplacewhereFantomasisdiningwithtwowealthyyoungladiesinthedisguiseofthesupposedDr.Charles.AcardissenttoFantomassayingthatsomeoneiswaitingforhimoutside.Fantomas,believingthistobeoneofhisgang,departsfromthehotelandisimmediatelyarrestedbyJuveandFandor.Aftertheywalkdownthestreet,Dr.CharlessuddenlymakesastruggleandtotheamazementofJuveandFandor,heleavesintheirhandsnothingbuttwoplastercastsofhisarmswithhiscoatsleevesattached.TheydecidetotrackLadyBeltham.Aftermuchtroubletheydiscoverhertobemakingmidnightvisitstoheroldhauntedvilla.Heretheymakeavisitintheday-time,andbeingsatisfiedthattheremustbestillsomeconnectionbetweenFantomasandLadyBeltham,hideandoverhearaconversationwhereFaniomasdecidesbemustgetridofJuveandwillsendasilentexecutionertodestroyhim.Juvedoesnotexactlyknowwhatthissilentexecutionermeans,buthepreparestoreceiveaserpent.Heisalmostcrushedtodeathinspiteofhisprecaution,butsurvivesandsurroundsthehauntedvillaofLadyBeltham.Fantomas(https://www.yuankan.cc/dianying/153298.html)isalmostcaughtunprepared,butbeingeverready,hequicklysetsatrapinwhichtogettogetherthewholeofthepolice,includingJuveandFandor,sothathemaydestroythemallbydynamite.Theseeasilyfallintothetrap,soquicklybutwelllaid.Fantomasrealizesthathisopportunityhascome,andleapingfromacisterninwhichhehadbeenhiding,hetouchesthecoilofwireandexplodesthedynamitecartridge,blowingthehauntedvillatoaheapofruins,togetherwiththeoccupants.Thequestionstillremainsunsolved:AreJuveandFandorstillalive?…