Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
The man to whom a passer-by had given this information hurried away in the direction pointed out; although gasping for breath, he tried to run, in order to more quickly reach the little house at the end of the passage of the Elysee des Beaux Arts. This passage, a sort of cul-d...
M. GINORY was not without uneasiness when he thought of the detention of Jacques Dantin. Without doubt, all prisoners, all accused persons are reticent; they try to hide their g...
11. CHAPTER XI.M. BERNARDET was triumphant. He went home to dinner in a jubilant mood. His three little girls, dressed alike, clasped him round the neck, all at the same time, while Mme. Berna...
12. CHAPTER XIII."I DO not know," thought Bernardet as he returned home. "What one knows very well indeed, what one cannot deny, oh, that would be impossible! is that on the retina of the dead m...
10. CHAPTER X.BETWEEN the examining Magistrate, who questioned, and the man cited to appear before him, who replied, it was a duel; a close game, rapid and tragic, in which each feint might m...
7. CHAPTER VII.THE murder of M. Rovere, committed in broad daylight, in a quarter of Paris filled with life and movement, caused a widespread sensation. There was so much mystery mixed in the...
6. CHAPTER VI.THE attorney for the Republic called in the Examining Magistrate. Nothing more was to be done. The Magistrate had studied the position of the corpse, examined the wound, and now...
5. CHAPTER V.SOME time passed before the arrival of the Attorney, and through the closed Venetian blinds the murmurs of the crowd collected below could be heard. The Commissary wrote his rep...
9. CHAPTER IX.JACQUES DANTIN, moreover, was not difficult to find in the crowd. He stood near the funeral car; his air was very sad. Bernardet had a fine opportunity to examine him at his eas...
8. CHAPTER VIII.THE police officer did not follow the autopsical operations closely. He was eager to know--he was impatient for the moment when, having taken the picture, he might develop the n...
15. CHAPTER XVI.M. GINORY, M. Leriche, the chief; Bernardet, and, in fact, all the judiciary, believed that Charles Prades was guilty of the murder of Rovere. Bernardet, who had been an actor i...
4. CHAPTER IV.M. DESBRIERE now began the investigation. He questioned the porter and portress, while he studied the salon in detail. Bernardet roamed about, examining at very close range each...
17. CHAPTER XVIII.VERY often, after his release from prison, Jacques Dantin went to the corner of the cemetery at Montmartre, where his friend lay. And he always carried flowers. It had become to...
16. CHAPTER XVII.ALL the details of that murder, M. Ginory had drawn, one by one, from Prades in his examination. The murderer denied at first; hesitated; discussed; then at last, like a cask wi...
2. CHAPTER II.BERNARDET was quite an original character. Among the agents, some of whom were very odd, and among the devoted subalterns, this little man, with his singular mind, with his insa...
3. CHAPTER III.NOTHING in the ante-chamber indicated that a tragedy had taken place there. There were pictures on the walls, pieces of faience, some arms of rare kinds, Japanese swords and a M...
1. CHAPTER I.The man to whom a passer-by had given this information hurried away in the direction pointed out; although gasping for breath, he tried to run, in order to more quickly reach th...
18. Chapter XV. The chapter headings were left unchanged. I am told that14. part I played against you, or rather against the foolishness of destiny.I did not take a second thought that the error could be a lasting one. I had, moreover, only a word to say, but this word, I repeat, I hesitated to speak, and I willingly suppor...