In the ante-room, hung with all sorts of weapons, a broken foil was found behind a sofa.

This foil has a peculiar handle, and is unlike those commonly sold.

It is ornamented with the count's coronet, and the initials A.C.It has been broken at about the middle; and the end cannot be found.

When questioned, the viscount declared that he did not know what had become of the missing end.
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In the dressing-room, a pair of black cloth trousers was discovered still damp, and bearing stains of mud or rather of mould.