"Let's go to the chateau." And he
drew me with him. But, at the chateau, a gendarme placed in the
vestibule denied us admission up the staircase of the first floor.
We were obliged to wait down stairs.
This is what passed in the chamber of the victim while we were
waiting below.
The family doctor, finding that Mademoiselle Stangerson was much
better, but fearing a relapse which would no longer permit of her
being questioned, had thought it his duty to inform the examining
magistrate of this, who decided to proceed immediately with a brief
examination. At this examination, the Registrar, Monsieur
Stangerson, and the doctor were present. Later, I obtained the text
of the report of the examination, and I give it here, in all its
legal dryness:
"Question. Are you able, mademoiselle, without too much fatiguing
yourself, to give some necessary details of the frightful attack of
which you have been the victim?
"Answer. I feel much better, monsieur, and I will tell you all I
know. When I entered my chamber I did not notice anything unusual
there.
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