The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-05-16
CHAPTER SEVEN. (Continued.)

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movements. The windows opening
on the Place du Palais-B Bourbon
gave her every facility for leav-
ing the house under cover of the
darkness and coming in again un-
known to anybody.
1t was therefore quite possible
that, on the night of the double
crime, she was among the MUIR
derers of Hippolyte Fauville and
his son. 1t was quite possible that
she had taken part in the muir
ders, and even hat the poison had
been injected into the victims by
her hand, by that little, white,
slender hand which he saw rest
ing against the golden hair.
A shudder passed through him.
He had softly put back the paper
in the book, restored the book in
its place, and moved nearer to the
girl.
All Of a sudden, he caught him
self studying the lower part of her
face, the shape Of her jaw! Yes,
that was what he was making ev-
cry effort to guess, under the
curve of the cheeks and behind the
veil of the lips. Almost against
his will with personal anguish
mingled with %torturing curiosity,
he stared and stared, ready to
force open those closed lips and to
seek the reply to the terrifying
problem that suggested itself to
him.
Those teeth, those teeth which
he did not see, were not they the
teeth that had left the incriminat-
ing marks in the fruitq Which
were the teeth Of the tiger, the
teeth of the wild beast these, or
the other woman's7
1t was an absurd superstition,
because the marks had been recog-
nized as made by Marie Fauville.
But was the absurdity of a suppo-
sition a sufficient reason for dis
carding it,
Himself astonished at the feel
ings that agitated him, fearing
lest he should betray himself, he
preferred to cut short the inter-
view, and, going up to the girl, he
said to her, in an %imperious and
aggressive tone:
II wish all the servants in the
house to be discharged. You will
give them their wages, pay them
such compensation al they ask for,
and see that they leave today, def
nitely. Another staff of servants
will arrive this evening. You will
be here to receive them"
She made no reply. He went
away, taking with him the uncom.
Portable impression that had late
ly marked his relations with Flor
ence. The atmosphere between
them always remained heavy and
oppressive. Their words never
seemed to express the private
thoughts Of either Of them; and
their actions did not correspond
with the words spoken. Did not
the circumstances logically de-
mand the immediate dismissal Of
Florence Levasseur as well? Yet
Don Luis did not so much as think
Of it d.
Returning to his study, he at
once rang up Mazeroux and, low
ering his voice so as not to let it
reach the next room, he said:
us that you, Mazerouxf'
eyes"
elias the project placed you at
my disposal7"
yes
"Well, tell him that l have
lacked all my servants and that /
have given you their names and
instructed you to have an active
watch kept on them. We must
look among them for Sauverand's
accomplice. Another thing: ask
the project to give you and me
permission to spend the night at
Hippolyte Fauville's house"
Nonsense! At the house OIL the
Boulevard Suchet9"
Eyes, / have every reason to be-
licve that something's going to
happen there"
"What sort of thingY"
II don't know. But something
Is bound to take place. And ] in
sist on being at it. Is it arranged?'
Right, chief. Unless you hear
to the contrary, I'll meet you at 8
o'clock this evening OH the Boule-
ward Suchet.
Perenna did not see Mile. Levas.
reul again that day. He went out
in the course Of the afternoon, and
called at the registry office, where
he chose some servants: a chauf-
feur, = coachman, a footman, q
cook, and so on. Then he went to