A Servant of Satan: Romantic Career of Prado the Assassin — page 205: what you’re looking at

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A SERVANT OF SATAN. 197 ceedingly fine Manilla cheroots, which it is well known are slightly washed with opium, and which the grocer had offered to his new acquaintance. By and by they both - dropped off into a deep sleep, the slumbers of the alleged staff officer being far more heavy than those of his compan- lon, as it was easy to perceive by his stertorous breathing. Indeed, it almost sounded as if he was under the influence of some particularly strong narcotic. Suddenly tbe grocer stealthily opened his eyes, and, hav- ing assured himself that his fellow-traveler was asleep, pro- ceeded to examine the contents not only of his pockets but also of his valise. An exclamation of satisfaction burst from his lips as he found the objects of his search, which, as he held them up to the dim light of the lamp, it was easy to perceive consisted of valuable jewelry. | As he raised his face toward the lamp for the purpose of examining his booty his false beard fell off and revealed the features of Frederick yon Waldberg. The sleeping man who had been drugged both by means of the brandy and of the cigar which had been offered to him was Pranzini, who over a year later was guillotined for the murder of a demi-mondaine named Marie Regnault, who, together with her maid and the latter’s child, were found in her apartment of the Rue Montaigne, slain in identically the same fashion in which Marie Aguetant had been killed two days previous to Pranzini’s and Frederick’s departure togother from Paris. All four victims had been murdered with the same sweeping backward stroke of the knife so graphically described by Pranzini to the alleged grocer. When the train steamed into Dijon, Frederick gathered up all his belongings and got out. Pranzini did not awake till after leaving Arignon, and only discovered after his arrival in Marseilles that he had been robbed. Of course, under the circumstances, he wag aa) =D Eomicbooks (E(e)