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remember her saying, Leave me alone,
shall not have time TO Dress then
read one of Montaignes essays, which
spoke of women"
As to the last part of this deposition,
it should be explained that the foundry
man Goudry, who is charged with hay
ING carried out the diabolical scheme of
Madame Gras. went to the house at
NIGHT. while his victim was away dress-
inc. and on the return of the latter was
placed bv Madame Gras in dark closet.
where he could hear the conversation.
According to Goudry, M. de la Roche
hindered her dressing, whereupon she
told him to 90 to the dining. room and
look at a book he would find there. When
she had dressed she went to Goudry with
a candle. said to him. "Vois conams 10
suts belke." kissed him, and swore if be
did what she had directed him she woulfi
marry him within three months. After
the pair had left he went into the dining
room. found Montaipne's Essays there.
looked at the chapter on "Irois bonnes
femns<s," waited until 2 80, then took up
the vial of vitriol she had given him, and
went noislessly down stairs, and waited
for his victim in the garden. Goudry's
visit to the house was, Of course, intended
to be secret, especially as Madame Gras
kept no servant; but it so happened that
the concierge was going up the stairs to
put out the gas on the upper floors at the
very time be had chosen as most likely to
escape observation. She heard his foot
steps on the stairs behind her, and heard
him stop at Madame Gras' door. After
the outrage she stated this to the police,
and it was in this way that Goudry was
arrested, when Madame Gras' letters
found in his house threw so much light
on the plot that he made clean breast
of it. Another cause of suspicion was
the mysterious manner of Madame Gras
on being questioned by the police. She
refused to answer certain questions, and
denied that workingman (Goudry) had
been to the house. She contemplated
taking her victim to Italy, but received a
hint from the authorities that she would
not be allowed to leave Paris. She
wrote several notes to Goudry to warn
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