Убийство на улице Морг

           TheOurang-Outangmayhaveescapedfromhim.Hemayhavetracedittothechamber;but,undertheagitatingcircumstanceswhichensued,hecouldneverhavere-capturedit.Itisstillatlarge.Iwillnotpursuetheseguesses-forIhavenorighttocallthemmore—sincetheshadesofreflectionuponwhichtheyarebasedarescarcelyofsufficientdepthtobeappreciablebymyownintellect,andsinceIcouldnotpretendtomakethemintelligibletotheunderstandingofanother.Wewillcallthemguessesthen,andspeakofthemassuch.IftheFrenchmaninquestionisindeed,asIsuppose,innocentofthisatrocity,thisadvertisement,whichIleftlastnight,uponourreturnhome,attheofficeof‘LeMonde,’(apaperdevotedtotheshippinginterest,andmuchsoughtbysailors,)willbringhimtoourresidence.” 

           Hehandedmeapaper,andIreadthus:Caught—IntheBoisdeBoulogne,earlyinthemorningofthe—inst.,(themorningofthemurder,)averylarge,tawnyOurang-OutangoftheBornesespecies.Theowner,(whoisascertainedtobeasailor,belongingtoaMaltesevessel,)mayhavetheanimalagain,uponidentifyingitsatisfactorily,andpayingafewchargesarisingfromitscaptureandkeeping.CallatNo.—Rue—FaubourgSt.Germain—autroisieme. 

           “Howwasitpossible,”Iasked,“thatyoushouldknowthemantobeasailor,andbelongingtoaMaltesevessel?”