Word: gourney
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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Little phased by the usual complication of such a tale, however, the Barrymores seem equally at home in the huge hallways, the three-story Gothic arches, and the long expanses of stairways of the Gourney-Martin country house. The ease with which John, clad in a smoking jacket, pipe in mouth, opens massive oaken doorways and closes them noiselessly, tiptoes softly along the great corridors, and the grace and agility with which he slides down the huge, smooth stone bannisters are a pleasure to watch. One can almost smell the fragrance of his pipe as he leans over the rail...
...falls in love with him. This causes Lionel Barrymore to grunt, rub his chin with one hand, make his eyes pop. It does not prevent Arsene Lupin from helping himself to bonds, jewels and expensive pictures. Presently Lupin's signed depredations occur at the suburban chateau of one Gourney-Martin, where Charmerace also happens to be staying. After this he steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, a misdemeanor which causes his identity to be revealed...
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