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Various. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories
Table of Contents
HENRI RENÉ ALBERT GUY DE MAUPASSANT
The Necklace
The Man with the Pale Eyes
An Uncomfortable Bed
Ghosts
Fear
The Confession
The Horla, or Modern Ghosts
PIERRE MILLE
The Miracle of Zobéide
VILLIERS DE L'ISLE ADAM
The Torture by Hope
ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN
The Owl's Ear
The Invisible Eye
The Waters of Death
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
Melmoth Reconciled[4]
The Conscript
Introduction to Zadig the Babylonian
FRANÇOIS MARIE AROUET DE VOLTAIRE
Zadig the Babylonian
THE BLIND OF ONE EYE
THE NOSE
THE DOG AND THE HORSE
THE ENVIOUS MAN
THE GENEROUS
THE MINISTER
THE DISPUTES AND THE AUDIENCES
JEALOUSY
THE WOMAN BEATEN
THE STONE
THE FUNERAL PILE
THE SUPPER
THE ROBBER
THE FISHERMAN
THE BASILISK
THE COMBATS
THE HERMIT
THE ENIGMAS
PEDRO DE ALARÇON
The Nail
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
LUIGI CAPUANA
The Deposition
LUCIUS APULEIUS
The Adventure of the Three Robbers
PLINY, THE YOUNGER
Letter to Sura
Footnotes
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Published by Good Press, 2019
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The next day, he received the promised letter, which was written, as well as addressed, in letters cut out of the newspapers. It was as follows:
"MONSIEUR: Doctor James Ferdinand does not exist, but the man whose eyes you saw does, and you will certainly recognize his eyes. This man has committed two crimes, for which he does not feel any remorse, but, as he is a psychologist, he is afraid of some day yielding to the irresistible temptation of confessing his crimes. You know better than anyone (and that is your most powerful aid), with what imperious force criminals, especially intellectual ones, feel this temptation. That great Poet, Edgar Poe, has written masterpieces on this subject, which express the truth exactly, but he has omitted to mention the last phenomenon, which I will tell you. Yes, I, a criminal, feel a terrible wish for somebody to know of my crimes, and when this requirement is satisfied, my secret has been revealed to a confidant, I shall be tranquil for the future, and be freed from this demon of perversity, which only tempts us once. Well! Now that is accomplished. You shall have my secret; from the day that you recognize me by my eyes, you will try and find out what I am guilty of, and how I was guilty, and you will discover it, being a master of your profession, which, by the by, has procured you the honor of having been chosen by me to bear the weight of this secret, which now is shared by us, and by us two alone. I say, advisedly, by us two alone. You could not, as a matter of fact, prove the reality of this secret to anyone, unless I were to confess it, and I defy you to obtain my public confession, as I have confessed it to you, and without danger to myself."
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