REVENGE

When the war began a young little girl named Therese was left by her father who had gone on duty. The soldier’s sister soon became like a mother to young Theresa. Therese’s aunt was a kind and warm woman. Besides her niece, she also looked after her own son who had been ill all his life. If the young boy had had a father then perhaps he would have been a much stronger man with good health. Little Therese lived a quite simple life without troubles but without much happiness. She had many responsibilities and not much free time. All choices in her life were made by her aunt. Because Therese’s cousin was ill she even cannot go to school as did other girls her age. When Therese grew up her aunt decided that her own son should marry his cousin. The poor girl had no choice in the matter. After the wedding all of the family moved to a new city. Now it seemed that a new life had begun – but it had not.

THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE

The magazines of Paris carried the shocking news of a double murder. Most interesting was that the murders were very mysterious. At three o’clock terrible screams from a locked house on a Rue Morgue street gathered people, yet no one on the outside could help. Neighbors said that only Madame and Mademoiselle L’Espanayes lived there. With the help of police the party broke in and found a mess inside. By the time police reached the fourth floor there were no more screams. Finally they found the room where the screams had been recently heard. The scene in the back room was terrible with parts of bloody hair around the apartment and a huge razor covered in blood lying on the chair. A mother and her daughter were killed in a heartless way by an unknown person with enormous power. Or, it was it a human at all?