The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-07-11
CHAPTER ELEVEN (continued,)

from the TACT UndC ner
modesty would have prevented
her, what good would it have
donei On the contrary, it meant
lending greater weight to the &C.
cusation. That was just what
happened when Hippolyte Eau
yille's letters, appearing n by
one, revealed to the police the as
yet unknown motives Of the
crimes imputed to US. We loved
each other"
"How do you explain the let
ters2"
81 can't explain them. We did
not know Of Fauville's jealousy.
He kept it to himself. And then,
again, why did he suspect us?
What can have put it into his head
that we meant to kill himf Where
did his fears, his Nightmares,
come fromP 1t is a mystery. He
wrote that he had letters of ours
In his possession: what l~ettcrs7'
"And the marks of the teeth,
those marks which were undou5t-
eddy made by Nine, FauvilleG"
81 don't know. il is all incom-
plehensible."
"You don't know either what
she can have done after leaving
the opera between IL and 2 in
the morning9"
"No. She was evidently lured
into a trap. But how and by
whomY And why does she not
say what she was doing? More
mystery"
"You were seen that evening,
the evening of the murder, at
LAuteuil station. What were you
doing there9
81 was going to the Boulevard
Suchet and | passed under Marie s
windows. Remember that it was
q Wednesday. l came back on
the following Wednesday, and,
still knowing nothing of the trag-
edy or of Marie's arrest, l came
back again on the second Wednes-
day, which was the evening on
(which you found out where 1
lived and informed Sergeant
Iazeroux against me-"
"Another thing. Did you know
OF the Mornington inheritance9"
"No, o Florence either; and
we have every reason to think that
Marie and her husband knew no
more about it than we did"
That barn at Damigni: was it
the first time that you had en-
tered it,"
eyes and our establishment at
the sight Of the two skeletons
hanging from the rafters equalled
yours"
Don Luis was silent. He cast
about for a few seconds longer to
see if he had any more quest .ons
TO ask. Then he said:
"That is all l wanted to know.
Are you, on your side, certain that
everything that is necessary has
been said2"
"Yes."
"This is a serious moment. 1t
is possible that we may not meet
again. Now you have not given
me a single proof of your state
ments.'
81 have told you the truth. To
a man like yourself, the truth is
enough. AS for me, l am beaten.
/ give up the struggle, OF, rather,
I place myself under your orders.
Save Marie"
81 will save the three Of YOU"
said Perenna. "The fourth of the
mysterious letters is to make it's
appearance tomorrow: that leaves
ample time for us to lay our heads
togcther<and study the matter
fully. And tomorrow evening /
shall go there and, with the help
Of all that you have told me, 1
shall prove the innocence of you
all. The essential thing is to be
present at the meeting on the
10Th OF May.
"Please think only of Marie.
Sacrifice me, if necessary. Sacri-
flee Florence even. / am speak
ing in her name as we'll as my own
when | tell you that it is better to
desert us than to jeopardize the
slightest chance of success"
81 will save the three of YOU"
Perenna repeated.
He pushed the door ajar and,
after listening outside, said:
"Don't move. And don't open
the door to anybody, on any pre-
text whatever, before l come to
fetch you. l shall not. be long
He locked the door behind him
and went down to the first floor.
He did not feel those high spirits
which usually cheered him on the
eve Of his great battles. This time;