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Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
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"Well,--the greasy cap, the common handkerchief, and the marks
of the rough boots on the floor," he replied.

"I understand," I said; "murderers don't leave traces behind them
which tell the truth."

"We shall make something out of you yet, my dear Sainclair,"
concluded Rouletabille.





CHAPTER III

"A Man Has Passed Like a Shadow Through the Blinds"


Half an hour later Rouletabille and I were on the platform of the
Orleans station, awaiting the departure of the train which was to
take us to Epinay-sur-Orge.

On the platform we found Monsieur de Marquet and his Registrar, who
represented the Judicial Court of Corbeil. Monsieur Marquet had
spent the night in Paris, attending the final rehearsal, at the
Scala, of a little play of which he was the unknown author, signing
himself simply "Castigat Ridendo."

Monsieur de Marquet was beginning to be a "noble old gentleman."
Generally he was extremely polite and full of gay humour, and in
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