813 · Character

M. Weber

The hapless inspector whom Lupin publicly sacks in a letter to the newspapers, then impersonates with unnerving ease in the fashionable restaurants of Paris.

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Also known as Weber, L. M.

First appearance: iii m lenormand opens his campaign

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Weber is the detective-service functionary whose identity Lupin borrows after dismissing him in a mocking open letter signed with his own name. His professional humiliation becomes one of the novel's slyest running jokes: the man whose post Lupin resumes is never quite present to defend it. He matters because his erasure is the first proof that Lupin can wear the police like a suit, and that the Kesselbach case will be fought with disguises as much as clues.

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Character groups

Kesselbach murder investigation core
Protagonist
Malreich family and associates
Supporting cast and Lupin's network

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Arsène Lupin
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Arsène Lupin
rivalry · negative

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V: M. Lenormand at Work
Deputy-chief of the detective-service; mentioned as a personal enemy of Lenormand who is handling the case in Lenormand's absence.
VII: Parbury-Ribeira-Altenheim
Receives an anonymous letter revealing that Prince Sernine is Arsène Lupin, and plans to take two hundred men to arrest him.
VIII: The Olive-Green Frock-Coat
Deputy-chief who discovers the frock-coat and extracts the confession from Altenheim; arrests Lupin.
Santé Palace
Deputy chief who personally escorts Lupin to the Palais de Justice with a heavily armed guard. Lupin taunts him about becoming chief detective.
XI: Charlemagne
Accompanies Lupin during the staged escape from Santé Prison, driving him to the underground passage at Garches.
The Man in Black
Arrives at Malreich's villa after Lupin's capture.

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