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The Greatest Murder Mysteries of Émile Gaboriau
Monsieur Lecoq, The Mystery of Orcival, Caught in the Net, The Clique of Gold, Other People's Money…
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Monsieur Lecoq Series:
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Monsieur Lecoq Series
The Widow Lerouge
Chapter I.
On Thursday, the 6th of March, 1862, two days after Shrove Tuesday, five women belonging to the village of La Jonchere presented themselves at the police station at Bougival.
They stated that for two days past no one had seen the Widow Lerouge, one of their neighbours, who lived by herself in an isolated cottage. They had several times knocked at the door, but all in vain. The window-shutters as well as the door were closed; and it was impossible to obtain even a glimpse of the interior.
This silence, this sudden disappearance alarmed them. Apprehensive of a crime, or at least of an accident, they requested the interference of
