Убийство на улице Морг

           Consciousofhavingdeservedpunishment,itseemeddesirousofconcealingitsbloodydeeds,andskippedaboutthechamberinanagonyofnervousagitation;throwingdownandbreakingthefurnitureasitmoved,anddraggingthebedfromthebedstead.Inconclusion,itseizedfirstthecorpseofthedaughter,andthrustitupthechimney,asitwasfound;thenthatoftheoldlady,whichitimmediatelyhurledthroughthewindowheadlong. 

           Astheapeapproachedthecasementwithitsmutilatedburden,thesailorshrankaghasttotherod,and,ratherglidingthanclamberingdownit,hurriedatoncehome—dreadingtheconsequencesofthebutchery,andgladlyabandoning,inhisterror,allsolicitudeaboutthefateoftheOurang-Outang.ThewordsheardbythepartyuponthestaircaseweretheFrenchman’sexclamationsofhorrorandaffright,commingledwiththefiendishjabberingsofthebrute. 

           Ihavescarcelyanythingtoadd.TheOurang-Outangmusthaveescapedfromthechamber,bytherod,justbeforethebreakingofthedoor.Itmusthaveclosedthewindowasitpassedthroughit.Itwassubsequentlycaughtbytheownerhimself,whoobtainedforitaverylargesumattheJardindesPlantes.LeBonwasinstantlyreleased,uponournarrationofthecircumstances(withsomecommentsfromDupin)atthebureauofthePrefectofPolice