“Pauline Duborg knew Madame L’Espanaye and her daughter for three years. She washed clothes for them, and they paid her very well. The two women were not only mother and daughter; they were also friends. Madame Duborg could not say how Madame L. earned her money. But Madame L. saved a lot of it. Madame Duborg never saw another person in the house. There was furniture only on the fourth story.
“Pierre Moreau sold cigarettes to Madame L. for almost four years. He was born in the same neighbourhood, and he has always lived there. Madame L. and her daughter arrived at the house in the Rue Morgue six years ago. Monsieur Moreau saw the daughter only five or six times in those six years. The mother and daughter were very private. People thought that the ladies had a lot of money. Monsieur Moreau never saw another person go into the house, except for a doctor.
