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Then, in a daring effort to extricate himself, he intimidated the woman Pet.i.tpre, 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 Emba.s.sy, 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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