"Monsieur Hanaud, I sent Durette this morning round the shops of Aix with the cord which was found knotted round Mme.

Dauvray's neck." Hanaud advanced quickly to the man.
"Well! Did you discover anything ?" "Yes, monsieur," said Durette.

"At the shop of M.Corval, in the Rue du Casino, a young lady in a dark-grey frock and hat bought some cord of this kind at a few minutes after nine last night.

It was just as the shop was being closed.

I showed Corval the photograph of Celie Harland which M.le Commissaire gave me out of Mme.