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Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
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brightness."

The words had no sooner left the lips of Rouletabille than I saw
Robert Darzac quail. Pale as he was, he became paler. His eyes
were fixed on the young man in terror, and he immediately
descended from the vehicle in an inexpressible state of agitation.

"Come!--come in!" he stammered.

Then, suddenly, and with a sort of fury, he repeated:

"Let us go, monsieur."

He turned up by the road he had come from the chateau, Rouletabille
still retaining his hold on the horse's bridle. I addressed a few
words to Monsieur Darzac, but he made no answer. My looks
questioned Rouletabille, but his gaze was elsewhere.





CHAPTER VI

In the Heart of the Oak Grove


We reached the chateau, and, as we approached it, saw four
gendarmes pacing in front of a little door in the ground floor of
the donjon. We soon learned that in this ground floor, which had
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