Убийство на улице Морг

           IhadtoldyouthatthiswasinreferencetoOrion,formerlywrittenUrion;and,fromcertainpungenciesconnectedwiththisexplanation,Iwasawarethatyoucouldnothaveforgottenit. Itwasclear,therefore,thatyouwouldnotfalltocombinetheideasofOrionandChantilly. ThatyoudidcombinethemIsaybythecharacterofthesmilewhichpassedoveryourlips. Youthoughtofthepoorcobbler’simmolation. Sofar,youhadbeenstoopinginyourgait;butnowIsawyoudrawyourselfuptoyourfullheight. IwasthensurethatyoureflecteduponthediminutivefigureofChantilly. AtthispointIinterruptedyourmeditationstoremarkthatas,infact,hewasaverylittlefellow—thatChantilly—hewoulddobetterattheTheatredesVarietes.” 

           Notlongafterthis,wewerelookingoveraneveningeditionofthe“GazettedesTribunaux,”whenthefollowingparagraphsarrestedourattention. “ExtraordinaryMurders. —Thismorning,aboutthreeo’clock,theinhabitantsoftheQuartierSt. Rochwerearousedfromsleepbyasuccessionofterrificshrieks,issuing,apparently,fromthefourthstoryofahouseintheRueMorgue,knowntobeinthesoleoccupancyofoneMadameL’Espanaye,andherdaughter,MademoiselleCamilleL’Espanaye. Aftersomedelay,occasionedbyafruitlessattempttoprocureadmissionintheusualmanner,thegatewaywasbrokeninwithacrowbar,andeightortenoftheneighborsentered,accompaniedbytwogendarmes.