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The perfume of the lady in black

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Gaston Leroux
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The sequel opens after the couple's marriage, when a mysterious scent and a string of threatening, inexplicable incidents begin to unsettle the newlyweds and their circle. The young reporter Joseph Rouletabille pursues clues through locked rooms, assaults on a coastal fort, and baffling discoveries including a seemingly impossible corpse. With allies and unexpected arrivals, he organizes defenses, probes motives, and confronts concealed identities until a final confrontation untangles the layered deception and danger surrounding Mathilde and her husband.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

     Facing Page
Rouletabille had hidden himself in the shadow of a
pillar		 14
He stood erect, wrapped in the rags of a long
coat which hung about his legs, bareheaded
and barefooted		 52
The Plan of the Fort of Hercules 87
The Fort of Hercules 90
It made us nervous and restless to look at each
other, seated around the table, mute, leaning
forward, wearing our black spectacles, behind
which it was as impossible to read our
eyes as our thoughts		 167
The Plan of the inhabited floor of the Square
Tower		 183
He fled from us and rushed further into the
night, shrieking aloud, “The perfume of the
Lady in Black! The perfume of the Lady
in Black!”		 203
His eyes seemed glued to his drawing. They
never moved from the paper		 234
Rouletabille examined the barrel of Darzac’s revolver
and then compared the weapon with
the other which he held		 242
It was Bernier! It was Bernier who lay there,
the death rattle in his throat and a stream
of blood flowing from his breast		 302
Ah! That profile standing out darkly from the
depths of the embrasure, lighted up by the
red glow of the setting sun		 332
Rouletabille advanced toward him: “Larsan,” he
said, “Larsan, do you give yourself up?”
But Larsan did not reply		 352