Arsene Lupin is one of the most unforgettable characters to emerge from the early heyday …
Officers of the law frequently form a hasty conviction as to the guilt of a suspected person, and then distort all subsequent discoveries to conform to their established theory.
— The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc (Page 315)
Maurice Leblanc knew what was up.