А. И. Смирнова

That’s all the police knew. This was the strangest killing in Paris of all time. Later, we read in the paper that the police arrested and imprisoned Adolphe Le Bon, although nothing appeared to criminate him. I could tell that Dupin was interested in the progress of this affair. He asked my opinion on the murderers. I said I saw no means by which it would be possible to trace the murderer.

And she began  from that minute to feel rather a grudge against her show pupil

and hastened to make ready. Long practice and a varied experience of life gave him an ability to disguise. He could adapt, not only his face