Baron Trigault's Vengeance

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About this book

The opening describes vengeance as the first and only thought of a man whose honour, fortune, present and future have been wrecked by a vile conspiracy. The narrator says that when the faculties have regained their equilibrium, a man can measure the distance which separates a dream from reality. M. Van Klopen threatens to tell people that Baron Trigault has lost all his money at play and repays creditors with curses.

Marguerite considers what she could answer if asked where she wants to go alone at such an hour of the evening. Marguerite is determined to obey Pascal implicitly, whatever the cost.

About the author

Émile Gaboriau

Emile Gaboriau (1832-1873) was a French writer widely regarded as a father of the detective novel. His Monsieur Lecoq stories brought methodical, forensic sleuthing to popular fiction and influenced Arthur Conan Doyle, drawing on his years as a journalist covering Parisian crime.