— 1 — “MISS PINK”
M. de La Reynie listened keenly to the report brought him by Desgrez after he had inspected the house in the Impasse des Fleurs.
“It is much what one expected,” said the Chief of Police. “They have got hold of some old burial vault, as you surmised — no doubt there are several of these places in Paris. As for your little graveyard, we can guess who is accommodated there. You remember,” he added dryly, “the death of Mlle Jacquetta?”
“I did not want to remember it,” said Desgrez. “The ground I saw was large enough to hide dozens of newborn infants.”
“And probably does,” said La Reynie. “I think,” he added, “we have another link in our chain of evidence. I have discovered who your Catherine La Voisin is — these people have a great deal of effrontery and do not even troub
