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"
I
am
now
awaiting
,
"
continued
he
,
looking
toward
the
door
of
our
apartment
--
"
I
am
now
awaiting
a
person
who
,
although
perhaps
not
the
perpetrator
of
these
butcheries
,
must
have
been
in
some
measure
implicated
in
their
perpetration
.
Of
the
worst
portion
of
the
crimes
committed
,
it
is
probable
that
he
is
innocent
.
I
hope
that
I
am
right
in
this
supposition
;
for
upon
it
I
build
my
expectation
of
reading
the
entire
riddle
.
I
look
for
the
man
here
--
in
this
room
--
every
moment
.
It
is
true
that
he
may
not
arrive
;
but
the
probability
is
that
he
will
.
Should
he
come
,
it
will
be
necessary
to
detain
him
.
Here
are
pistols
;
and
we
both
know
how
to
use
them
when
occasion
demands
their
use
.
"
I
took
the
pistols
,
scarcely
knowing
what
I
did
,
or
believing
what
I
heard
,
while
Dupin
went
on
,
very
much
as
if
in
a
soliloquy
.
I
have
already
spoken
of
his
abstract
manner
at
such
times
.
His
discourse
was
addressed
to
myself
;
but
his
voice
,
although
by
no
means
loud
,
had
that
intonation
which
is
commonly
employed
in
speaking
to
some
one
at
a
great
distance
.
His
eyes
,
vacant
in
expression
,
regarded
only
the
wall
.
"
That
the
voices
heard
in
contention
,
"
he
said
,
"
by
the
party
upon
the
stairs
,
were
not
the
voices
of
the
women
themselves
,
was
fully
proved
by
the
evidence
.
This
relieves
us
of
all
doubt
upon
the
question
whether
the
old
lady
could
have
first
destroyed
the
daughter
,
and
afterward
have
committed
suicide
.
I
speak
of
this
point
chiefly
for
the
sake
of
method
;
for
the
strength
of
Madame
L'Espanaye
would
have
been
utterly
unequal
to
the
task
of
thrusting
her
daughter
's
corpse
up
the
chimney
as
it
was
found
;
and
the
nature
of
the
wounds
upon
her
own
person
entirely
preclude
the
idea
of
self-destruction
.
Murder
,
then
,
has
been
committed
by
some
third
party
;
and
the
voices
of
this
third
party
were
those
heard
in
contention
.
Let
me
now
advert
--
not
to
the
whole
testimony
respecting
these
voices
--
but
to
what
was
peculiar
in
that
testimony
.
Did
you
observe
anything
peculiar
about
it
?
"
I
remarked
that
,
while
all
the
witnesses
agreed
in
supposing
the
gruff
voice
to
be
that
of
a
Frenchman
,
there
was
much
disagreement
in
regard
to
the
shrill
,
or
,
as
one
individual
termed
it
,
the
harsh
voice
.
"
That
was
the
evidence
itself
,
"
said
Dupin
,
"
but
it
was
not
the
peculiarity
of
the
evidence
.
You
have
observed
nothing
distinctive
.
Yet
there
was
something
to
be
observed
.
The
witnesses
,
as
you
remark
,
agreed
about
the
gruff
voice
;
they
were
here
unanimous
.
But
in
regard
to
the
shrill
voice
,
the
peculiarity
is
not
that
they
disagreed
--
but
that
,
while
an
Italian
,
an
Englishman
,
a
Spaniard
,
a
Hollander
,
and
a
Frenchman
attempted
to
describe
it
,
each
one
spoke
of
it
as
that
of
a
foreigner
.
Each
is
sure
that
it
was
not
the
voice
of
one
of
his
own
countrymen
.
Each
likens
it
--
not
to
the
voice
of
an
individual
of
any
nation
with
whose
language
he
is
conversant
--
but
the
converse
.
The
Frenchman
supposes
it
the
voice
of
a
Spaniard
,
and
'
might
have
distinguished
some
words
had
he
been
acquainted
with
the
Spanish
.
'
The
Dutchman
maintains
it
to
have
been
that
of
a
Frenchman
;
but
we
find
it
stated
that
'
not
understanding
French
this
witness
was
examined
through
an
interpreter
.
'
The
Englishman
thinks
it
the
voice
of
a
German
,
and
'
does
not
understand
German
.
'
The
Spaniard
'
is
sure
'
that
it
was
that
of
an
Englishman
,
but
'
judges
by
the
intonation
'
altogether
,
'
as
he
has
no
knowledge
of
the
English
.
'
The
Italian
believes
it
the
voice
of
a
Russian
,
but
'
has
never
conversed
with
a
native
of
Russia
.
'
A
second
Frenchman
differs
,
moreover
,
with
the
first
,
and
is
positive
that
the
voice
was
that
of
an
Italian
;
but
,
not
being
cognizant
of
that
tongue
,
is
,
like
the
Spaniard
,
'
convinced
by
the
intonation
.
'
Now
,
how
strangely
unusual
must
that
voice
have
really
been
,
about
which
such
testimony
as
this
could
have
been
elicited
!
--
in
whose
tones
,
even
,
denizens
of
the
five
great
divisions
of
Europe
could
recognise
nothing
familiar
!
You
will
say
that
it
might
have
been
the
voice
of
an
Asiatic
--
of
an
African
.
Neither
Asiatics
nor
Africans
abound
in
Paris
;
but
,
without
denying
the
inference
,
I
will
now
merely
call
your
attention
to
three
points
.
The
voice
is
termed
by
one
witness
'
harsh
rather
than
shrill
.
'
It
is
represented
by
two
others
to
have
been
'
quick
and
unequal
'
No
words
--
no
sounds
resembling
words
--
were
by
any
witness
mentioned
as
distinguishable
.
"
I
know
not
,
"
continued
Dupin
,
"
what
impression
I
may
have
made
,
so
far
,
upon
your
own
understanding
;
but
I
do
not
hesitate
to
say
that
legitimate
deductions
even
from
this
portion
of
the
testimony
--
the
portion
respecting
the
gruff
and
shrill
voices
--
are
in
themselves
sufficient
to
engender
a
suspicion
which
should
give
direction
to
all
farther
progress
in
the
investigation
of
the
mystery
.
I
said
'
legitimate
deductions
;
'
but
my
meaning
is
not
thus
fully
expressed
.
I
designed
to
imply
that
the
deductions
are
the
sole
proper
ones
,
and
that
the
suspicion
arises
inevitably
from
them
as
the
single
result
.
What
the
suspicion
is
,
however
,
I
will
not
say
just
yet
.
I
merely
wish
you
to
bear
in
mind
that
,
with
myself
,
it
was
sufficiently
forcible
to
give
a
definite
form
--
a
certain
tendency
--
to
my
inquiries
in
the
chamber
.
"
Let
us
now
transport
ourselves
,
in
fancy
,
to
this
chamber
.
What
shall
we
first
seek
here
?
The
means
of
egress
employed
by
the
murderers
.
It
is
not
too
much
to
say
that
neither
of
us
believe
in
praeternatural
events
.
Madame
and
Mademoiselle
L'Espanaye
were
not
destroyed
by
spirits
.
The
doers
of
the
deed
were
material
,
and
escaped
materially
.
Then
how
?
Fortunately
,
there
is
but
one
mode
of
reasoning
upon
the
point
,
and
that
mode
must
lead
us
to
a
definite
decision
.
--
Let
us
examine
,
each
by
each
,
the
possible
means
of
egress
.
It
is
clear
that
the
assassins
were
in
the
room
where
Mademoiselle
L'Espanaye
was
found
,
or
at
least
in
the
room
adjoining
,
when
the
party
ascended
the
stairs
.
It
is
then
only
from
these
two
apartments
that
we
have
to
seek
issues
.
The
police
have
laid
bare
the
floors
,
the
ceilings
,
and
the
masonry
of
the
walls
,
in
every
direction
.
No
secret
issues
could
have
escaped
their
vigilance
.
But
,
not
trusting
to
their
eyes
,
I
examined
with
my
own
.
There
were
,
then
,
no
secret
issues
.
Both
doors
leading
from
the
rooms
into
the
passage
were
securely
locked
,
with
the
keys
inside
.
Let
us
turn
to
the
chimneys
.
These
,
although
of
ordinary
width
for
some
eight
or
ten
feet
above
the
hearths
,
will
not
admit
,
throughout
their
extent
,
the
body
of
a
large
cat
.
The
impossibility
of
egress
,
by
means
already
stated
,
being
thus
absolute
,
we
are
reduced
to
the
windows
.
Through
those
of
the
front
room
no
one
could
have
escaped
without
notice
from
the
crowd
in
the
street
.
The
murderers
must
have
passed
,
then
,
through
those
of
the
back
room
.
