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“
Not
quite
correct
,
my
friend
.
She
did
not
call
herself
by
that
name
in
those
days
.
That
is
a
picture
of
the
notorious
Madame
Beroldy
!
”
Madame
Beroldy
!
In
a
flash
the
whole
thing
came
back
to
me
.
The
murder
trial
that
had
evoked
such
world
-
wide
interest
.
The
Beroldy
Case
.
Some
twenty
years
or
so
before
the
opening
of
the
present
story
,
Monsieur
Arnold
Beroldy
,
a
native
of
Lyons
,
arrived
in
Paris
accompanied
by
his
pretty
wife
and
their
little
daughter
,
a
mere
babe
.
Monsieur
Beroldy
was
a
junior
partner
in
a
firm
of
wine
merchants
,
a
stout
middle
-
aged
man
,
fond
of
the
good
things
of
life
,
devoted
to
his
charming
wife
,
and
altogether
unremarkable
in
every
way
.
The
firm
in
which
Monsieur
Beroldy
was
a
partner
was
a
small
one
,
and
although
doing
well
,
it
did
not
yield
a
large
income
to
the
junior
partner
.
The
Beroldys
had
a
small
apartment
and
lived
in
a
very
modest
fashion
to
begin
with
.
But
unremarkable
though
Monsieur
Beroldy
might
be
,
his
wife
was
plentifully
gilded
with
the
brush
of
Romance
.
Young
and
good
looking
,
and
gifted
withal
with
a
singular
charm
of
manner
,
Madame
Beroldy
at
once
created
a
stir
in
the
quarter
,
especially
when
it
began
to
be
whispered
that
some
interesting
mystery
surrounded
her
birth
.
It
was
rumoured
that
she
was
the
illegitimate
daughter
of
a
Russian
Grand
Duke
.
Others
asserted
that
it
was
an
Austrian
Archduke
,
and
that
the
union
was
legal
,
though
morganatic
.
But
all
stories
agreed
upon
one
point
,
that
Jeanne
Beroldy
was
the
centre
of
an
interesting
mystery
.
Questioned
by
the
curious
,
Madame
Beroldy
did
not
deny
these
rumours
.
On
the
other
hand
she
let
it
be
clearly
understood
that
,
though
her
“
lips
”
were
“
sealed
,
”
all
these
stories
had
a
foundation
in
fact
.
To
intimate
friends
she
unburdened
herself
further
,
spoke
of
political
intrigues
,
of
“
papers
,
”
of
obscure
dangers
that
threatened
her
.
There
was
also
much
talk
of
Crown
jewels
that
were
to
be
sold
secretly
,
with
herself
acting
as
the
go
-
between
.
Amongst
the
friends
and
acquaintances
of
the
Beroldys
was
a
young
lawyer
,
Georges
Conneau
.
It
was
soon
evident
that
the
fascinating
Jeanne
had
completely
enslaved
his
heart
.
Madame
Beroldy
encouraged
the
young
man
in
a
discreet
fashion
,
but
being
always
careful
to
affirm
her
complete
devotion
to
her
middle
-
aged
husband
.
Nevertheless
,
many
spiteful
persons
did
not
hesitate
to
declare
that
young
Conneau
was
her
lover
—
and
not
the
only
one
!
When
the
Beroldys
had
been
in
Paris
about
three
months
,
another
personage
came
upon
the
scene
.
This
was
Mr
.
Hiram
P
.
Trapp
,
a
native
of
the
United
States
,
and
extremely
wealthy
.
Introduced
to
the
charming
and
mysterious
Madame
Beroldy
,
he
fell
a
prompt
victim
to
her
fascinations
.
His
admiration
was
obvious
,
though
strictly
respectful
.
About
this
time
,
Madame
Beroldy
became
more
outspoken
in
her
confidences
.
To
several
friends
,
she
declared
herself
greatly
worried
on
her
husband
’
s
behalf
.
She
explained
that
he
had
been
drawn
into
several
schemes
of
a
political
nature
,
and
also
referred
to
some
important
papers
that
had
been
entrusted
to
him
for
safekeeping
and
which
concerned
a
“
secret
”
of
far
reaching
European
importance
.
They
had
been
entrusted
to
his
custody
to
throw
pursuers
off
the
track
,
but
Madame
Beroldy
was
nervous
,
having
recognized
several
important
members
of
the
Revolutionary
Circle
in
Paris
.
On
the
28th
day
of
November
,
the
blow
fell
.
The
woman
who
came
daily
to
clean
and
cook
for
the
Beroldys
was
surprised
to
find
the
door
of
the
apartment
standing
wide
open
.
