L’Arrestation d’Arsène Lupin / The Arrest of Arsène Lupin

L’Arrestation d’Arsène Lupin (the Arrest of Arsène Lupin; arrêter – to stop; to arrest)

L’étrange voyage (the strange voyage; voyagem — trip; voyage)! Il avait si bien commencé cependant (it had nonetheless started so well; cependant — yet; however; nonetheless)! Pour ma part (for my part), je n’en fis jamais (I had never embarked on one: "I never did one of them") qui s’annonçât sous de plus heureux auspices (which began: "which announced itself" under such lucky auspices; ça s’annonce bien – it looks good; it bodes well; heureux — happy; lucky). La Provence est un transatlantique rapide, confortable (the Provence was a fast, comfortable transatlantic steamer; transatlantique — transatlantic /adj/; transatlantiquem — transatlantic steamer/steamship), commandé par le plus affable des hommes (commanded by the most affable of men). La société la plus choisie (the choicest society; choisir — to choose) s’y trouvait réunie (came together there: "found itself there reunited"; trouver — to find; se trouver quelquepart — to be somewhere; find oneself somewhere; réunir — to collect; to come together).