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The Adventure of the Second Stain
EduardoLucas,whomethisdeathbyviolencelastMondaynightatGodolphinStreet,Westminster.Ourreaderswillrememberthatthedeceasedgentlemanwasfoundstabbedinhisroom,andthatsomesuspicionattachedtohisvalet,butthatthecasebrokedownonanalibi.Yesterdayalady,whohasbeenknownasMme.HenriFournaye,occupyingasmallvillaintheRueAusterlitz,wasreportedtotheauthoritiesbyherservantsasbeinginsane.Anexaminationshowedshehadindeeddevelopedmaniaofadangerousandpermanentform.Oninquiry,thepolicehavediscoveredthatMme.HenriFournayeonlyreturnedfromajourneytoLondononTuesdaylast,andthereisevidencetoconnectherwiththecrimeatWestminster.AcomparisonofphotographshasprovedconclusivelythatM.HenriFournayeandEduardoLucaswerereallyoneandthesameperson,andthatthedeceasedhadforsomereasonlivedadoublelifeinLondonandParis.Mme.Fournaye,whoisofCreoleorigin,isofanextremelyexcitablenature,andhassufferedinthepastfromattacksofjealousywhichhaveamountedtofrenzy.ItisconjecturedthatitwasinoneofthesethatshecommittedtheterriblecrimewhichhascausedsuchasensationinLondon.HermovementsupontheMondaynighthavenotyetbeentraced,butitisundoubtedthatawomanansweringtoherdescriptionattractedmuchattentionatCharingCrossStationonTuesdaymorningbythewildnessofherappearanceandtheviolenceofhergestures.Itisprobable,therefore,thatthecrimewaseithercommittedwheninsane,orthatitsimmediateeffectwastodrivetheunhappywomanoutofhermind.
