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The Mystery of
The Yellow Room
By GASTON LEROUX le
COPYRI.GHT, 1908,
BY BRENTANO"S
without anfurther delay.Probably -word but nobody made i
t out, and she
it chimed in. with .the conclusions he fell back insensible.
had already arrived at as to the keeper M. Darzae was hurried out of the
and his intrigues with the wife of room quad placed in the vestibule 1 to
Mathieu, the landlord of the Donjon wait for the vehicle Larson had gone
inn. Phis Mathieu later In the after- to fetch. We were all overcome by
noon wasarrested and taken to Cor- emotion, and even M. de Marquet had
bell, In spite of his rheumatism. Re tears in bis eyes• Rouletabille took
ad -
had been beard to threaten the keeper, vantage of the opportunity to say
to
and, though no evidence against him. M. Darzae:
had been found at his inn, the evi-
dence of carters, who had heard the
threats, was enough to justify his re-
tention
The examination bad proceeded thus • "You cannot do it" said the unhap-
far when, to our surprise,. Frederic. py man, with a faint smile.
Larsen returned to the chateau, He "I can do it, M. Robert Darzac, be -
was accompanied by one of the em- cause 1 know morethan you do!"
ployees of the railway. At that ma "Come! Colne!" murmured Darzac,.
ment Rance and I were in the vesti- almost angrily,
bule discussing Mathten's guilt or in- i "Have no fear. I shall know only
noceuce, while Rouletabille stood what will benefit you."
apart. buried Apparently in thought• -I "You must know nothing, young
The examining magistrate and his reg- man, if,you.want me to be grateful."
istrar were in the little green drawing Rouletabille shoot: bis head, going
room. while Darzac was with the doe- i close up to Darzae.
tor and Stangerson In the lady's sham- I "Listen to what 1 am about to say," .
her. As Frederic Larson entered the be said In a low tone. "and let it give
vestibule with the railway employee you confidence. You do not know the
Rouletabille and I at once recognized name of the murderer. Mlle. Stanger-
him by the small blond beard. We ex- , son knows it, but only half of It. But
changed meaning glances. Larsen bad
himself announced to the examining
ma:lstrate by the gendarme and en-
teral with the railway eervant as Dad-
dy .iacques came out. Some ten min-
utes went by, during which Rouleta-
bille appeared extremely impatient
The door of the drawing room ,was
then opened, and we heard the mgas-
Are you going to put in any de-
fense?"
"No," replied the prisoner.
"Very well, tben, I will, monsieur,"
I know his two halves. t know the
whole maul" -
Robert Darzae opened his eyes with
a look that showed be had not under-
stood a word of what Rouletabille bad
said to him. At that moment the con-
veyance arrived, driven by Frederic
Larsen. Darzac and the ge''ndarme en-
tered it, Larson remaining on the driv-
trate calling to the gendarme, who ea er's seat. , The prisoner was taken to
tered, Presently be came out; mount- Corbell. „
ed the stairs and, coming' back short. ` . Tliat same evening Rouletabille and
ty. wentinto the magistrate and said: 1 left the Glandier. We • were very
"Mon'sieur, M. Robert Darzac will glad to. get away: and, there was noth-
net come!" inb more to keep us there. 1 declared
"What! Not comer cried M. deMar-
gnet
"He says be cannot leave Mile. Stan-
gerson in her present state."
•'Very well, said M. de Marquet
any intention to give up the whole mat-
ter. It bad been toomuch for me.
Rouletabille, with n friendly tap on my
shoulder, confessed that-bp'bad noth-
ing more to learn at the Glandier; he
"Then we'll go to him," had learned all I bad to tell him. We
M. de Marquet and the gendarme rearbed Pans about 8 o'clock, dined,
mounted; the stairs. He made a sign to :and then, tired : out, we separated.
Larsen and the, railway employee to agreeing to meet the next morning at
follow. Itouletabille• and I went along ' 'my rooms. •
too.
On reactants the. door of Mlle: Stan-
gerson's„ chamber : M. de Marquet -
knocked. A chambermaid appeared. It
was Sylvia; with her hair all in disor-
der and eonsternatfon showing oti her
face. •
-
'Is M. Stangerson within?" askedthe
magistrate.
•`Rouletabille arrivednext day at the
hour agreed- on. He leas dressed in a
suit of English tweed, with an ulster
on .his arm and a `valiseln his hand.
Evidently be had prepared himself for
a journey. :
• "How long shall• you be away?" I
asked.. • •
"A month or two." be said. "It All
"Yes, monsieur." depends." )
"Tell1 wish to speak with I asked him no more questions.
film that P
him." •"Do you khotv," be asked, "What.tbs•
Stangerson carie out His appear- word was that Mlie, Stangerson tried
ance Was wretched in the extreme, ; to say before she fainted?"
"Wbat do you want?" be demanded "No. Nobody heard it."
of the magistrate. "May I not be left "I. beard It replied Rouletabille.
in peace, monsieur?" "She said 'Speak!'" •
"Monsieur," said the magistrate, "It "Never."
youthink Darzac: will'speak?"
is absolutely necessary that i should
see 111. Darzac at once. If you cannot i was about to make some further
induce him to come 1 shall be com- observations, but he wrung my 'hand
pelted to use the help Of the law" warmly and wished me goodbye 1 had
The professor made no •reply. He. .only time to ask him. one question be -
looked at us ail like a mae..beiug .led fore, he left.
to execution and then went back into "Are you not afraid that •otber at -
the room: tempts may be made while you're
Almost immediately after M Robert away?"
Darzac came -out. He was very pale. "No;•not now that Darzac is.in pris-
He looked at us, and,,his eyes falling on?" be answered. e
•
on the railway," servant, his features With this strange remark 'tie left. .1'
stiffened, and he could: hardly repress was not to see him again until the day
a groan. , of Darzac's trial at the court when he'
' We were all much moved by the ap- appeared toexplainthe inexplicable.
;pearanceof the •man. We fele that
what was about to: happen would de- •CHAPTER XXV. '
ride the fate of M. Robert Darzac.
Frederic Larsan's face alone was • ra
client, showing a joy as of a dog that
had at last got its prey. ` • •
Pointing to the railway servant, M.
de Marquet said to M. Darzac: .
"Do you recognize this -man, mon-
sieur'?" •
"1 ,do," said A1;. Darzac, in a tone .
wbicb lie vainly tried to make firm.
"He is an employee et the station at
Epinay-sur-Orge," •
• "This young. man," went on 'Id..
Marquet, "affirms.that be saw you get.
off the train at Epinny-sur-Orge"
'•'.Chat night," said.51. Darzac,, inter-
rupting, "at half past. 10. - It is quite
true."
An interval of silence followed.
"A1. 'Darzac," the magistrate. Went
on in a tone of•deep etnotion-"M. Dar-
:zee, what were you dohig that night.
at Epinay-sur-Urge-at that time?"
Ai. 1Jarzae remained silent; . Simply
closing his eyes. .
"AI. Darzac," insisted M. de Mar-
quet, "can you tell me how you •en]--
ployod your time thnt night?",
M. Dtu•zac opened his - eyes. He
seemed to have recovered his self con-
trol.
"No, monsieur."
"'Think, monsieur, for if you per-
silt in your strange refusal I shall be
under the painful necessity of 'keopieg
you at my disposition"
"1 refuse."
"111. Uitezac, In the name of the law
1 :arrest you !"
'The magistrate had no sooner pro-,
uounced the words than 1 saw Route-
tabille Iilove quickly toward AL Dar -
enc. IIc: would certainly have spoken -
to him, but Darzac by a gesture held
him pff, As the gendarme approaelietl
his prisoner a despairing cry rang
through the room: `
•"l obertI Roberti"
We recognized the voice of Mile.
Stangerson. ' We all Shuddered. Lar-
sen himself turned pale. Ai, Darzae
In response, to the cry had flown back
into the mete. •
The magistrate, the •>endarrne and
f,arsan followed closely after. Roulette.
Mlle and I remained on the threshold,
-It was a heartbreaking sight that met
•oar eyes. Mlle. Stangerson, with e
face of deathly pallor, had risen on
her bad hi spite of the restraining ef-
forts of two doctors and her father.
She Was holding out her trembling
anus toward Robert Darzae, on whom
Larsen and the gendarme had laid
hands. Her distended eyes saw -she
understood --her lips seemed to form a
In Which Joseph Rouletabille Is •
Awaited With impatience.
N the 15th of January -that is
to say, two mouths and it halt
after the tragic events 1 have
narrated.• -the .Enuuue ertutad
:a,ne trst column of' fhe trent nt akG
the following sensational articset
"The Seine•et-Oise jury is summon-
ed today to give Its verdict, on one of
the •most mysterious affairs in the an-
nals of crime. There never bas been
a ease with so many obscure, incom-
prehensible and inexplicable points,
And yet the prosecution has not hesi-
tated
esitated to put into the 'prisoners' dock
a. man who is respected, esteemed and
loved by all who knew him -a young
savant,' M. Robert Darzac. There is
no doubt in the mind ofanybody
that
Could the victim speak she would
claim from the jurors of Seine -et -Oise
the man she wishes to make her hus-
band and whom the prosecution. would
send to the scaffold. It is to be hoped
that Mile. Stangerson will shortly re-
cover her reason, which has been tem-
porarily unhinged by the horrible mys-
tery at the Glandier. The question
before the•jury is the one we propose.
to deal with this very day.
"We have decided not to permit
twelve worthy men to comaiolt a dis-
graceful miscarriage of justice. TJp
to now everything bas gone against
M. itobert Darzac in the magisterial
inquiry. Today, however, we are ga
ing to defend him before the jury, and
we are 'going to bring to the witness
stand a light that will illumine the
whole mystery of the Glandier, for we
possess the truth..
"When attention was first drawn to
the Glandier case our youthful re-
porter, Joseph Rouletahille, was on.
the spot and installed in the chateau
when every other representative of
the press had been denied admission,
He worked side by side with Frederic
Larson. He was amazed and terrified
at the grave mistake the celebrated•
detective was about to make,
"France must know -the whole World -
must know -that on the very evening
on which M. Darzac was arrested
young Roul,etnbille entered our, edito,
riot office and informed us that . he
was about to go away 0n a journey.
'How long I shall be - aWay,' he said,
'I cannot say; perhaps a month, per
naps two, perhaps three. Perhaps I
may never return. . Here is a letter.
if I ani' not back on the day on which
M. Darzao is to appear before • the
assize court, have this letter opened
and read to the court after all'the wit-
nesses' have been heard. Arrange• it
with . M. Darzac's counsel. M. Darzac
Is innocent .In :this. letter is written
the name of the murderer, and --that
is all I have to say. 1 •'am leaving to,
get my: proofs -•for the irrefutable evi-
dente • of the murderer's • guilt.' : Our
reporter departed. For a long time• we
were without news 'from ,him. But a
week ago a stranger called. upon our
manager and said: 'Act 3n accordance
with the instructions of Joseph. Roule-
tabille if it becomes necessary. - te. do
so. - The letter left by hint 'holds the
truth.' The gentleman who brought .
us this message would not give us his
name.
"Today, the 15th of January, is'the
day of the trial. Joseph Rouletabille
has not returned. It may be 'we -shall
never see him again. The press also
counts its heroes,. its martyrs to duty.
it may be he is no longer living. We
shat! .knelt+ how to avenge him. :.Our
manager will this afternoon be at the
court of assize at Versailles with the•
letter -the letter containing the name'
of the murderer!"
These Parisians who flocked to the
assize court at Versailles to bepresent
at the trial, of what was known as the.
"mystery of the •ye.ilow room" • will
certainly remember the terrible•crusb
in the rout•troum. ••
The trial itself was presided over. by
M. de Re<our, n judge 'tilled with the
ilrt'jluii: a of his class. Inst a man hen -
,est nt Heart. The wit lie ries had been
en lied. 1 was there, or t•uurse.as',were
CHAPTER XXV.
J
"IT IS 1, M. RRESIDEN't-JOSEPH' ROULETABtLt>utr' '
all who bad'tn any way been in 'rotten
with ,the mysteries of the (handier, I
was lucky enough to he railed early
In the trial. so that I was then able to
watch and: be 13reSent tat almost the
whole of the proceedings.
The court was so crowded that many
lawyers were compelled to tied seats
on the steps. Behind the bench of jus-
tices Were representatives from other
benches. M. Robert Darzac stood in
the prisoner's dock between pollee -
men. tail. handsome and calm. A mur-
mur of admiration rather thee or com-
passion greeted his .appearance. He
leaned forward toward his counsel,
Maitre Henri Robert, who, tassisted by
his chiefsecretary,Maitre Andre
e
Hesse, was busily turning over the
folios of his brief.
AIany expected that M. Stangerson
after giving his evidence would have
gone over to the prisoner and shaken
hands with him. but he left the court
without another word. It was remark-
ed that the jurors appeared 10 be deep-
ly interested' In a rapid conversation.
wbtch tbe manager of the Epoque was
having with Maitre Henri Robert, The
manager later sat down in the front
row of the public seats. - Some were
surprised that sed e was not i a h ask ed to re-
main with the other witnesses la the
room. reserved for them.
The reading of the. indietment was
got through, as it always is, without
any Incident. I shall not here report
the long examination to wbicb M. Dar-
zac was subjected. He answered all.
the questions quickly and easily. His -
silence as, to tbe important matters of
which we know was dead against him.
1t would seem • as if this reticence
would be fatal for him. He resented
the president's reprimands. He was
told that hissilence might mean
dctath,
''Very well." he said. "I will submit
Wit, but i am innocent." • - -
With that splendid ability which has
made bis .Fame Maitre Robert took ad-
vantage of the incident and tried to
show that it brought out In noble re-
lief bis client's, character, for only
heroic natures could remain silent for
moral reasons in face- of such a dan.
ger, ,The eminent advocate, however,
only succeeded In -aassuring those who'
Were already assured of Darzac's inno.
cenee, .At the adjournment Roulet°-
bille bad not yet arrived. Every titn_e.a
door opened all -eyes there turned to-
. ward it and back , to . the manager of
the Epoque, who sat impassiee,in his
place., When be once was • feeling in,
his pocket a• loud murmur et expects
tion followed. The letter! •
When the trial was resumed Maitre
• Henri Robert questioned Daddy Ma-
thieu as to his complicity in the death
of • the keeper. Ills wife was also
brought in and e(°as .confronted by her
husband. Sbe burst into -tears and
confessed tbat she had•been the keep.
er's sweetheart and, that her- husband
had Suspected it. She :again, how-
ever,
owever, affirmed that he Mid: had nothing .
to . do with the murder of 'her -,lover.
Maitre Henri Robert thereupon asked
the court to hear; Frederic Larson on
this point.
"In a •short conversation which I
have had with Frederic Larson dur.:
lug -the adjournment," declared the ad-
vocate,' "he':has .made me understand
that the death of the keeper May have
•beext brought about otherwise than by
the nand. of Mathieu. It will be in
terestiug .to - bear : Frederic. Larsan's
theory." •
Frederic Larson was• brought • In.
His explanation was quite clear. •
"1 see no necessity,"' be 'said,. "for.
bringing Idathieu.in this. 1 have told
hL de Marquet that the •man's threats
had biased the examining magistrate
against him.• To we the attempt to
warder mademoiselle' .and the death
Of the keeper are the Work of one and •
the ;'same .person,. Mlle. Stangerson's
assailant. flying through the court, was
tired on. It was -thought he•• was
struck, perhaps 'killed. As a Matter'
of fact be only stumbled at the ago-
ment of bis disappearance behind the.
corner of the right wing of the cha-
teau. ' There be encountered the keep-
er; who. uo doubt tried to seize him.
The murderer find ,In his hand' the
knife With which he had stabbed Mlle.
Stangerson. and , with' ibis he 'killed
the keeper.". -
This very simple explanation ap-
peared at once pinusihle and sirtisfying.
A. murmur of approbation was :beard. •
- "And the•. murderer? What became
of• him?" asked the president; '
"He' wars. evidently hidden in an
obscure corner at tbe.ead .of the court.
. After the :people had left the court, •
carrying with them the body of the
keeper, the murderer quietly made his
escape.'! -
The words had scarcely left. Lar
san's mouth when from the b;ick' of
the court came.a youthful .voice:
• "1 agree with ;Frederic -Larsen as to
the death of the 'keeper, britt do not
•agree with him as t.o•the way the mur-
derer escaped!".•
Everybody turned around; astonish
ed, '1'he clerks, of the Court sprang 'to-
ward
o-ward the 'speaker, calling for ,Silence,
and the president angrily ordered the -
intruder to be immediately expelled.
The Same clear voice, however, was
again heard: •
"It is 1, M. President -Joseph Route-
tabille! •
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CHAPTER XXVI
in Which Joseph Rouletabille Ali-
pears In All His Glory.
IIP excitement, was extreme.
Cries • from fainting Woolen
were to be heard amid the ex- -
traordintiry bustle and ,stir.
The "majesty of the law" was utterly
forgotten. 'lire president tried iu vain
to teak* himself heard. Rouletabille
made his way forward with dtfiiculty,
but by dint of touch elbowing reached
his manager end greeted hitt cordial-
ly, Ile was dresser) t'xeetly as ou tbe
day he left me, even to ,,e ulster 'over
his area. Turning to the president he
said:
"1 !leg your pardon, Ai. President,
but i have only just arrived' from
America. The. steamer was late.. My
name is Joseph Ilouletnblliel"
The silence which followed his step-
ping into the witness box was broken
by laughter when Itis words were
heard, Everybody seefned relieved
and Clad to 'find• him there. as if in the:
expectation of hearing the truth at
Mgt,
But the president WAS extremely lzs•
cense&
"So you are Joseph Rouletabille?"
be replied. "Well, young wan, 1'11.
teaeh you what comes of making a,
farce of ,justice, ily virtue of my dis-
cretionary power I hold you at the
court's disposition. Take him away!"
Maitre Henri Robert intervened. Ile
began by apologizing for the young
man, who, be said. was moved only :by
the best intentions. .Fie made thiel ;pres-
ident understand that the evidence of
a witness who had slept at the Clan-
dler during the whole of that event-
ful week could not be omitted, and the
present witness, moreover, had come
to name the real murderer. -
"Are you going to tell us who the
murderer was?" askedthe president,
somewhat convinced, though still skep-
tical,
,
"I have come for that purpose, Ai,
President!" replied Rouletabille..
An attemptat applause was silenced
by the usher.
;Joseph Rouletabille," said Maitre
Henri Robert, "has not been regularly.
subpoenaed as a witness, but I hope,
AI, President, you will examine himin
virtue of your discretionary powers."
A pin drop could have been heard,
Rouletabille stood silent,lookingspasp
pathetically at Darzac, who for the
first time since the opening of the trial
showed himself agitated. •
"Well," cried the president, "we wait
for the name of tbe.murderer,"
Rouletabille, feeling in his waistcoat
pocket, drew his watch and, looking at
it, said:
"M, President, I cannot name' the
raurderer before half past (1 o'clock!"
Loud murmurs of disappointment
filled the room. Some of the lawyers
were heard to say, "He's making fun
of us!" - The president in a stern voice said:
"This joke has gone far enough. You.
may . retire, monsieur, into the wit-
nesses' .room. 1 hold you at our dis-
position."
Rouletabille protested. •
"I assure you, Af, President," be
cried in his sharp, clear voice, "that
when I do name the murderer you will
understand why I could not speak be-
fore half past a. l assert this on my
honor. I can, however, giveyou how
some expianntion of the murder of the
keeper. 51, Frederic Larson, who has
seen tee at work at the Glandier, can
tell you with what care 1 studied this
ease ' ? found myself compelled to 'dif.
Per. with • him in arresting M. Robert
Darzac, who is innocent M. Larsen
knows of my good faith and knows
that some importance may be attached.
to my discoveries, which have often
corroborated his own."
I+"rederic Larsen said: -
"AI. President, it will be interesting
to hear M. Joseph Rouletabille, -espe-
cially as he differs from me, We agree
that the ml,rderer of the keeper wan
the assailant • of Mlle. Stangerson, but
as we are not agreed as to how the -
murderer escaped 1 am curiousto hear
M. itouletabtlie's explanation."
"I haveno doubt you are," said my
friend.'
Geueral laughter followed this re-
nark, •The president angrily declared
that if it was repeated he would have
the court cleared. '
"Now, young man,". said the presi-
dent, "you hate heard . M. Frederic
Larson. How did the murderer . get •
away from tbe court?" • ' -
Rouletabille looked at Mme. Mathieu,
who smiled back at him sadly, -
"Since hfine.' Mathieu," be said, "has
freely admitted her affair with the
keeper"-
"Why,' it's the• boy!" exclaimed Dad-
dy Mathieu.
"Remove that man!" ordered the
president.'
Mathieu . was removed from the -
court. Rouletabille went on: -
"Since she has made this confession
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