nife, but that the blow failed to take effect.

Then Quadling closed with him and took the knife from him. It was
a fierce encounter, and might have ended either way, but the
unexpected entrance of the woman Petitpre took off Ripaldi's
attention, and then he, Quadling, maddened and reckless, stabbed
him to the heart.

It was not until after the deed was done that Quadling realized
the full measure of his crime and its inevitable consequences.
Then, in a daring effort to extricate himself, he intimidated the
woman Petitpre, and forced her to escape through the sleeping-car
window.

It was he who had rung the signal-bell to stop the train and give
her a chance of leaving it. It was after the murder, too, that he
conceived the idea of personating Ripaldi, and, having disfigured
him beyond recognition, as he hoped, he had changed clothes and
compartments.

On the strength of this confession Quadling escaped the
guillotine, but he was transported to New Caledonia for life.

The money taken on him was forwarded to Rome, and was usefully
employed in reducing his liabilities to the depositors in the
bank.

The other word.

Some time in June the following announcement appeared in all the
Paris papers:

"Yesterday, at the British Embassy, General Sir Charles
Collingham, K. C. B., was married to Sabine, Contessa di
Castagneto, widow of the Italian Count of that name."

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