A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 173: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

or 44 Vix 1 Pte “te A SERVANT OF SATAN. 165 ent at the execution which I have just described, and created quite a sensation by fainting away at the most crucial mo- ment thereof. Some days later he disappeared from Baroda, leaving a letter for Colonel Fitzpatrick, in which he stated that he had been called away on pressing business, and he has never been heard of since. However, it was ascertained soon after his departure that he was the last person who had been seen with the murdered woman before her death, and . that he had been noticed within a short time of the crime - near the very spot where the body was found. It was also discovered that he had been on terms of considerable inti- macy with her, and that half an hour before the body was found he had called at the house, and, under pretext of wait- _ ing for her, had spent some time alone in her boudoir. As a considerable sum of money and some very valuable jewels were afterward found by the widow’s executors to be miss- ing from a desk in this particular room, the theft, as well as the murder, was immediately laid at Count von Wald- berg’s door. It was too late, however, for the bird had flown, and all efforts of the police were powerless even to trace him out of India. I must add that there were some very distressing circumstances with regard to Colonel Fitz- patrick’s lovely daughter, who, on hearing of the count’s sudden departure, committed suicide by drowning herself. in the river.” ‘“How horrible!” exclaimed Lady Margaret. ‘‘ Why, the man must have been a perfect monster!” 7 ‘“Not in appearance, at any rate. He was a very good- looking fellow—remarkably handsome—not very tall, but of aristocratic bearing, with small hands and feet, large, soft black eyes, and a black mustache. Yes, I remember him perfectly now!” BAN oe. At this juncture Frederick, who had risen, glanced at the clock, and, addressing Lady Kingsbury, said, apologeti- cally: ; <s) (el) Eomichoo m fe)