affaires étrangères : ' Foreign Office

39.5. ces pêcheurs platoniques : The proper use of Platonic in this type of phrase is in the sensé of ' idéal,' ' with no ulterior, material purpose to serve.' ' A Platonic angler ' is therefore one who catches fish so seldom that one may justly conclude that he fishes for the pure pleasure of dangling the Une in the water.

39.6. se douter : ' To suspect.' Does not require the subjunctive in the subordinate clause, unless the verb itself is employed, as it is in the text, negatively or interrogatively.

39.7. dossier : Sheaf of documents ail referring to one subject, or, as in this case, to one person (his record, life history).

39.8. la rue de Jérusalem : Now covered by the extended premises of the ' Préfecture de police,' the Scotland Yard of Paris, which is understood in the text. The site of the buildings is on the île de la Cité, close to the Pont Saint-Michel.