“Frantic with worry for Richard and Lisette. Confused by the barrage of impossible developments. Terrified of where this monster of her own making might be carrying them all.After her catastrophic meeting with Duval, he’d summoned a jailer who’d handcuffed her, gagged her, and placed a black hood over her head before forcing her down four flights of stairs to an empty basement dungeon. There she’d been freed of her restraints and prodded into a cell with padded walls. As he supervised her incarc...eration, Duval told her, “This is a holding pen for criminally insane patients on their way to the Charenton asylum. You are the only detainee we have down here at the moment. You might as well save your breath, because the guards will assume everything you say is the babbling of a lunatic.”As he left, she begged him, “You can’t do this, Duval. Even if you have to do it to me, please don’t do it to Lisette. It’s unspeakable. She never harmed a creature in her life.”The door clanged shut behind him.A day and a night had passed since then.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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