At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18-, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisi?me, No. 33, Rue Dun?t, Faubourg St. Germain. For one hour at least we had maintained a profound silence; while each, to any casual observer, might have seemed intently and exclusively occupied with the curling eddies of smoke that oppressed the atmosphere of the chamber. For myself, however, I was mentally discussing certain topics which had formed matter for conversation between us at an earlier period of the evening; I mean the affair of the Rue Morgue, and the mystery attending the murder of Marie Rog?t. I looked upon it, therefore, as something of a coincidence, when the door of our apartment was thrown open and admitted our old acquaintance, Monsieur G-, the Prefect of the Parisian police.
| Author: Edgar Allen Poe |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: May 30, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 206 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1514148501 |
| ISBN-13: 9781514148501 |