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Updated: May 19, 2025
"John brought him to our flat. I sent my husband away, and when he returned a few minutes later, Corbut was dead. John had no guilty hand in either crime. "He fainted at the sight of Corbut's body. When he came to himself, the body was no longer to be seen. I had put it into the trunks. It was I who afterward sent them to Gaspard. "These crimes I committed for love of this man.
One glance at the woman showed her to be elegant in dress and of a refined appearance. She could have had nothing in common with the missing Corbut, unless, indeed, he was other than he seemed. Certainly, whatever was Corbut's connection with the crime, there was another person, at least, as intimately concerned in it. And he, too, had fled.
A great light of hope had shone in Jones' face while Hammond was telling his story, and when Nick added his explanation of Corbut's death, the prisoner nearly laughed for joy. "It's true I was there," he said. "My wife and I dined in room A, and " "Fool!" exclaimed the woman, in a terrible voice. "Don't you see that this is a trap?"
This being torn away disclosed a dead and ghastly face the face of unfortunate Corbut, the waiter. Corbut's body had been cut in two. Only half was in the trunk which Nick had opened. The other half was not, however, far away. It was in the other trunk.
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