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when the rising of the mask revealed the features of Pierre Renard . " "What do you tell me ? " I shrieked , seized with horror at this terrible revelation , " the father of Rosa 1 " " Alas , yes ! it was he himself who followed , but unknown to his unhappy daughterthe frightful tradeagainst which
, , ho had so indignantly , and apparently with so much energy , exclaimed . It was he , who , for the last four years , had organized this terrible gang , composed for the most part of agricultural labourers , who lived during the day at their masters' farm , as honest fellows" Pierre Renard left his home almost every nihtto carry
g , on his villanous practices , sometimes on one side and sometimes on another , according to the assignations he had made . It was thus , that when a farmer had sold a considerable quantity of corn at market , if he carried the money home with him , he was sure to receive that night a visit from these miscreants , his betrayer generally being one of his own
men . " Pierre Renard always returned from these expeditions before five in the morning . This will explain how his poor daughter remained in ignorance of these horrors , and how she did not hear of the dreadful affair , in which her father had taken so prominent a part , until seven or eight hours after it had occurred .
" When she knew the truth , sir , her brain at once turned with grief and despair , and M . Firmin , who came the same day to visit her , ignorant of what had transpired , when he saw her appearance , was overwhelmed with agony . She fled from him . Shame and grief had driven her mad . She rushed across the yard , and reaching the well , threw herself down head
foremost—the well was a hundred feet deep , and when they drew her out , it was only to find a wounded and bruised corpse ; she had fractured her skull against the side before reaching the bottom . " I was dumb with horror at this frightful recital , and could only ask in a hollow voice , " And this Michel , of whom we
have spoken ?" " This Michel was a spy , whom the police of Paris had sent to discover , no matter by what means , the cause of the success of this devastating troop . It was said that he was a thief by profession , and I believe under this character he did not deceive them ; he was a liberated convict , and for this reason able to render some service to these murderers . He
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Santerre. *
when the rising of the mask revealed the features of Pierre Renard . " "What do you tell me ? " I shrieked , seized with horror at this terrible revelation , " the father of Rosa 1 " " Alas , yes ! it was he himself who followed , but unknown to his unhappy daughterthe frightful tradeagainst which
, , ho had so indignantly , and apparently with so much energy , exclaimed . It was he , who , for the last four years , had organized this terrible gang , composed for the most part of agricultural labourers , who lived during the day at their masters' farm , as honest fellows" Pierre Renard left his home almost every nihtto carry
g , on his villanous practices , sometimes on one side and sometimes on another , according to the assignations he had made . It was thus , that when a farmer had sold a considerable quantity of corn at market , if he carried the money home with him , he was sure to receive that night a visit from these miscreants , his betrayer generally being one of his own
men . " Pierre Renard always returned from these expeditions before five in the morning . This will explain how his poor daughter remained in ignorance of these horrors , and how she did not hear of the dreadful affair , in which her father had taken so prominent a part , until seven or eight hours after it had occurred .
" When she knew the truth , sir , her brain at once turned with grief and despair , and M . Firmin , who came the same day to visit her , ignorant of what had transpired , when he saw her appearance , was overwhelmed with agony . She fled from him . Shame and grief had driven her mad . She rushed across the yard , and reaching the well , threw herself down head
foremost—the well was a hundred feet deep , and when they drew her out , it was only to find a wounded and bruised corpse ; she had fractured her skull against the side before reaching the bottom . " I was dumb with horror at this frightful recital , and could only ask in a hollow voice , " And this Michel , of whom we
have spoken ?" " This Michel was a spy , whom the police of Paris had sent to discover , no matter by what means , the cause of the success of this devastating troop . It was said that he was a thief by profession , and I believe under this character he did not deceive them ; he was a liberated convict , and for this reason able to render some service to these murderers . He