“Alberto Montani was one of the first people who went upstairs. He heard the voices. He thinks that the rough voice was a Frenchman’s. He heard a few words. But he could not hear the words that were spoken in the high voice. He thinks is that it was the voice of a Russian. He is Italian and has never spoken with a Russian.
“The chimneys of the rooms on the fourth floor are very narrow. Nobody can climb up them. Four or five men were needed to pull the body of Mademoiselle L’Espanaye out of the chimney. There is no back way out of the house.
