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This
hideous
murder
accomplished
,
I
set
myself
forthwith
,
and
with
entire
deliberation
,
to
the
task
of
concealing
the
body
.
I
knew
that
I
could
not
remove
it
from
the
house
,
either
by
day
or
by
night
,
without
the
risk
of
being
observed
by
the
neighbors
.
Many
projects
entered
my
mind
.
At
one
period
I
thought
of
cutting
the
corpse
into
minute
fragments
,
and
destroying
them
by
fire
.
At
another
,
I
resolved
to
dig
a
grave
for
it
in
the
floor
of
the
cellar
.
Again
,
I
deliberated
about
casting
it
in
the
well
in
the
yard
--
about
packing
it
in
a
box
,
as
if
merchandize
,
with
the
usual
arrangements
,
and
so
getting
a
porter
to
take
it
from
the
house
.
Finally
I
hit
upon
what
I
considered
a
far
better
expedient
than
either
of
these
.
I
determined
to
wall
it
up
in
the
cellar
--
as
the
monks
of
the
middle
ages
are
recorded
to
have
walled
up
their
victims
.
For
a
purpose
such
as
this
the
cellar
was
well
adapted
.
Its
walls
were
loosely
constructed
,
and
had
lately
been
plastered
throughout
with
a
rough
plaster
,
which
the
dampness
of
the
atmosphere
had
prevented
from
hardening
.
Moreover
,
in
one
of
the
walls
was
a
projection
,
caused
by
a
false
chimney
,
or
fireplace
,
that
had
been
filled
up
,
and
made
to
resemble
the
rest
of
the
cellar
.
I
made
no
doubt
that
I
could
readily
displace
the
bricks
at
this
point
,
insert
the
corpse
,
and
wall
the
whole
up
as
before
,
so
that
no
eye
could
detect
anything
suspicious
.
And
in
this
calculation
I
was
not
deceived
.
By
means
of
a
crow-bar
I
easily
dislodged
the
bricks
,
and
,
having
carefully
deposited
the
body
against
the
inner
wall
,
I
propped
it
in
that
position
,
while
,
with
little
trouble
,
I
re-laid
the
whole
structure
as
it
originally
stood
.
Having
procured
mortar
,
sand
,
and
hair
,
with
every
possible
precaution
,
I
prepared
a
plaster
which
could
not
be
distinguished
from
the
old
,
and
with
this
I
very
carefully
went
over
the
new
brick-work
.
When
I
had
finished
,
I
felt
satisfied
that
all
was
right
.
The
wall
did
not
present
the
slightest
appearance
of
having
been
disturbed
.
The
rubbish
on
the
floor
was
picked
up
with
the
minutest
care
.
I
looked
around
triumphantly
,
and
said
to
myself
--
"
Here
at
least
,
then
,
my
labor
has
not
been
in
vain
.
"
My
next
step
was
to
look
for
the
beast
which
had
been
the
cause
of
so
much
wretchedness
;
for
I
had
,
at
length
,
firmly
resolved
to
put
it
to
death
.
Had
I
been
able
to
meet
with
it
,
at
the
moment
,
there
could
have
been
no
doubt
of
its
fate
;
but
it
appeared
that
the
crafty
animal
had
been
alarmed
at
the
violence
of
my
previous
anger
,
and
forebore
to
present
itself
in
my
present
mood
.
It
is
impossible
to
describe
,
or
to
imagine
,
the
deep
,
the
blissful
sense
of
relief
which
the
absence
of
the
detested
creature
occasioned
in
my
bosom
.
It
did
not
make
its
appearance
during
the
night
--
and
thus
for
one
night
at
least
,
since
its
introduction
into
the
house
,
I
soundly
and
tranquilly
slept
;
aye
,
slept
even
with
the
burden
of
murder
upon
my
soul
!
The
second
and
the
third
day
passed
,
and
still
my
tormentor
came
not
.
Once
again
I
breathed
as
a
free-man
.
The
monster
,
in
terror
,
had
fled
the
premises
forever
!
I
should
behold
it
no
more
!
My
happiness
was
supreme
!
The
guilt
of
my
dark
deed
disturbed
me
but
little
.
Some
few
inquiries
had
been
made
,
but
these
had
been
readily
answered
.
Even
a
search
had
been
instituted
--
but
of
course
nothing
was
to
be
discovered
.
I
looked
upon
my
future
felicity
as
secured
.
Upon
the
fourth
day
of
the
assassination
,
a
party
of
the
police
came
,
very
unexpectedly
,
into
the
house
,
and
proceeded
again
to
make
rigorous
investigation
of
the
premises
.
Secure
,
however
,
in
the
inscrutability
of
my
place
of
concealment
,
I
felt
no
embarrassment
whatever
.
The
officers
bade
me
accompany
them
in
their
search
.
They
left
no
nook
or
corner
unexplored
.
At
length
,
for
the
third
or
fourth
time
,
they
descended
into
the
cellar
.
I
quivered
not
in
a
muscle
.
My
heart
beat
calmly
as
that
of
one
who
slumbers
in
innocence
.
I
walked
the
cellar
from
end
to
end
.
I
folded
my
arms
upon
my
bosom
,
and
roamed
easily
to
and
fro
.
The
police
were
thoroughly
satisfied
and
prepared
to
depart
.
The
glee
at
my
heart
was
too
strong
to
be
restrained
.
I
burned
to
say
if
but
one
word
,
by
way
of
triumph
,
and
to
render
doubly
sure
their
assurance
of
my
guiltlessness
.
"
Gentlemen
,
"
I
said
at
last
,
as
the
party
ascended
the
steps
,
"
I
delight
to
have
allayed
your
suspicions
.
I
wish
you
all
health
,
and
a
little
more
courtesy
.
By
the
bye
,
gentlemen
,
this
--
this
is
a
very
well
constructed
house
.
"
(
In
the
rabid
desire
to
say
something
easily
,
I
scarcely
knew
what
I
uttered
at
all
.
)
--
"
I
may
say
an
excellently
well
constructed
house
.
These
walls
--
are
you
going
,
gentlemen
?
--
these
walls
are
solidly
put
together
"
;
and
here
,
through
the
mere
phrenzy
of
bravado
,
I
rapped
heavily
,
with
a
cane
which
I
held
in
my
hand
,
upon
that
very
portion
of
the
brick-work
behind
which
stood
the
corpse
of
the
wife
of
my
bosom
