. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . that if your grace will transmit a confession of yourpresence at the Poivriere in your own handwriting to theinvestigating magistrate I can and will at the same timefurnish proofs of your graces innocence—that you weredragged into a snare, and that you only acted in self-defense. Martial looked up in fair astonishment, hut to show thathe was acquainted with everything, Lecoq slowly added: Asmadame is dead, there will be nothing said concerning whattook place at the Borderic. A week later a private report setting forth that there wereno grounds to proc
. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . that if your grace will transmit a confession of yourpresence at the Poivriere in your own handwriting to theinvestigating magistrate I can and will at the same timefurnish proofs of your graces innocence—that you weredragged into a snare, and that you only acted in self-defense. Martial looked up in fair astonishment, hut to show thathe was acquainted with everything, Lecoq slowly added: Asmadame is dead, there will be nothing said concerning whattook place at the Borderic. A week later a private report setting forth that there wereno grounds to proceed against the Due de Sairmeuse wasforwarded by M. Segmuller to the public prosecutor. Appointed to the position of inspector, which he coveted,Lecoq had the good taste, or perhaps, the shrewdness, to wearhis honors modestly. But on the day of his promotion, heordered a seal, on which was engraved the exultant rooster,his chosen armorial design, with a motto to which he everremained faithful: Semper Vigilans. THE END THE LEROUGK AFFAIR. THE LEROUGE AFFAIR OX Thursday, the 6th of March, 1862, two days afterShrove Tuesday, five women belonging to the village ofLa Jonchere presented themselves at the police station,at Bougival. They stated that for two days past no one hadseen the Widow Lerouge. one of their neighbors, who lived byherself in an isolated cottage. They had several times knockedat the door, but all in vain. The window-shutters as well asthe door were closed; and it was impossible to obtain even aglimpse of the interior. This silence, this sudden disappearance,alarmed them. Apprehensive of a crime, or at least of an acci-dent, they requested the interference of the police to satisfytheir doubts by forcing the door and entering the house. Bougival is a pleasant riverside village, peopled on Sundaysby crowds of boating parties. Trifling offenses are frequentlyheard of in its neighborhood, but crimes are rare. The com-missary of police at first refused to listen to th
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