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THE MYSTERY OF MADELINE LE BLANC.
the body that disappeared from the stone house when the police had returned; also the account of the discovery of the occupied cellar, and of the finding of the dead dwarf, of whom a vivid description was given. Among the last paragraphs of the article was the following: "In the front arched chamber of the cellar was found a heap of ashes from the corner of which protruded a piece of white satin."
Madame buried her face in her hands, and began to cry.
"What is it?" asked Monsieur.
He received the same answer that she had made recently so often, to similar questions, when she had burst into tears by being suddenly reminded of her departed child. "I was only thinking of Madeline," she said, "Her shroud was white."
