Out of the Flames by Lawrence Goldstone

Author:Lawrence Goldstone [Goldstone, Lawrence and Goldstone, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0307489241
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 2002-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

IT “WAS AFTER 6A.M. when the jailer's wife got up and made the rounds of the cells. She noticed immediately that Dr. Villeneuve was missing. She ran and got her husband, and together they searched the garden and the grounds. When it became clear that the prisoner had escaped, the jailer's wife, fearing repercussions, put on quite a show. She screamed, she beat her breast, she beat her children, she beat the servants and all the prisoners then at hand. She tore her hair. Finally, she clambered up onto the neighbor's roof and wailed.

The judges, informed that their prisoner had fled, ordered that the palace gates be closed and all the nearby houses searched. The search turned up nothing. Although everyone in the surrounding areas was questioned, only a peasant woman had seen the fugitive, dashing through the woods just outside the city. The judges then immediately seized all of the prisoner's papers and effects, and claimed all the money that he had in the bank.

The sheriff was put in charge of the investigation, although he eventually fell under some suspicion as well. It seems Dr. Villeneuve had cured his daughter of a dangerous illness.

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