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At one of these moments while her gaze was fixed upon the sprig of faded flower the clock struck four. Then she fancied she saw an extraordinary thing. A sort of crimson pearl oozed from the extremity of the stalk of the flower, grew larger, and dripped on to the white sheet of the bed. It was a spot of blood. That day, at that very hour, Ratta and Malagutti were executed.
This sprig of lilac, attached by a piece of sky-blue ribbon to the head of his bed, formed a pendant to a sprig of consecrated box, an ornament which these poor desolate alcoves never lack. The lilac withered thus. This woman, like all Paris, had heard of the affair of the Palais-Royal and of the two Italians, Malagutti and Ratta, arrested for the murder of the money-changer.
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