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"Well, I will inform you in a few words. I am sent by Mademoiselle de Sincleves, the heiress of the Countess d'Andillot." "What for?" "To recover the black pearl." "Black pearl?" "That you stole." "But I haven't got it." "You have it." "If I had, then I would be the assassin." "You are the assassin." Danegre showed a forced smile.
"If you refuse, I shall post this letter to the Procureur of the Republic; in which letter Mademoiselle de Sincleves denounces you as the assassin." Danegre poured out two glasses of wine which he drank in rapid succession, then, rising, said: "Pay the bill, and let us go. I have had enough of the cursed affair." Night had fallen.
De Sincleves, the cousin and sole heiress of the countess, declared that the countess, a month before her death, had written a letter to her and in it described the manner in which the black pearl was concealed. The letter disappeared the day after she received it. Who had stolen it? Again, the concierge related how she had opened the door for a person who had inquired for Doctor Harel.
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