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In   consequence   Helene   had   a   spite   against   the   boy。     Helene   had   never 

been   seen   eating   any   of   the   dishes   prepared   for   the   family�察  �and   even 

insisted on keeping certain of the kitchen dishes for her own use。 

     At the request of his father´in´law Helene had gone to get a bottle of 

violet    syrup    from   the   pharmacist。      The     bottle  was    not   capped。     His 

father´in´law   thought   the   syrup   had   gone   bad�察  �because   it   was   as   red   as 

mulberry syrup�察�and refused to give it to his daughter ��Mme Rabot��。                      The 

bottle was returned to the pharmacist�察�who remarked that the colour of the 



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syrup had changed�察�and that he did not recognize it as his own。 

     Mme Rabot having corroborated her husband's evidence�察�and told of 

Helene's   bad   temper�察  �thieving�察  �and   disorderliness�察  �Dr   Vincent   Guyot�察  �of 

Rennes�察�was called。 

     Dr   Guyot   described   the   illness   of   the   boy Albert   and   its   result。 He 

then went on to describe the illness of Mme Rabot。                 He and his confreres 

had   attributed   her   sickness   to   the   fact   that   she   was   enceinte�察  �and   to   the 

effect of her child's death upon her while in that condition。               A miscarriage 

of a distressing nature confirmed the first prognosis。              But later he and his 

confreres   saw   reason   to   change   their   minds。      He   believed   the   boy   had 

been    poisoned�察  �though   he   could   not     be   certain。   The   mother�察  �he     was 

convinced�察  �had   been   the   victim   of   an   attempt   at   poisoning�察  �an   opinion 

which     found    certainty    in  the  case   of   Mme     Briere。    If  Mme      Rabot's 

pregnancy went some way in explaining her illness there was nothing of 

this in the illness of her  mother。          The explanation of everything was   in 

repeated dosing of an arsenical substance。 

     The witness had also attended Mme Roussell�察�of the Bout´du´Monde 

hotel。    It was remarkable that the violent sickness to which this lady was 

subject   for   twenty   days   did   not   answer   to   treatment�察  �but   stopped   only 

when she gave up taking food prepared for her by Helene Jegado。 

     He had also looked after Perrotte Mace。              Here also he had had doubts 

of   the   nature   of   the   malady�察  �at   one   time   he   had   suspected   pregnancy�察  �a 

suspicion   for   which   there   were   good   grounds。       But   the   symptoms   that 

later   developed      were    not  consistent     with   the   first  diagnosis。    When 

Perrotte died he and M。 Revault�察�his confrere�察�thought the cause of death 

would be seen as poison in an autopsy。             But the post´mortem was rejected 

by the parents。      His feeling to´day was that Mme Roussell's paralysis was 

due to arsenical dosage�察�and that Perrotte had died of poisoning。                  Helene�察�

speaking to him of Perrotte�察�had said�察 �`She's a chest subject。               She'll never 

get   better��'' And   she   had   used   the   same   phrase�察   �`never   get   better��''   with 

regard to little Rabot。       M。 Morio�察�the pharmacist of Rennes from whom 

the violet syrup was bought�察�said that Helene had often complained to him 

about Mme Roussell。           During the illness of the Rabot boy she had said 

that the child was worse than anyone imagined�察�and that he would never 



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recover。     In the matter of the violet syrup he agreed it had come back to 

him looking red。        The bottle had been put to one side�察�but its contents had 

been thrown away�察�and he had therefore been unable to experiment with it。 

He   had   found   since�察  �however�察  �that   arsenic   in   powder   form   did   not   turn 

violet   syrup   red�察  �though   possibly   arsenic   in   solution   with   boiling   water 

might   produce   the   effect。     The   change   seen   in   the   syrup   brought   back 

from M。 Rabot's was not to be accounted for by such fermentation as the 

mere warmth of the hand could bring about。 

     Several   witnesses�察  �interrupted   by   denials   and   explanations   from   the 

accused�察�testified to having heard Helene   say that neither the Rabot boy 

nor his mother would recover。 

     The evidence of M。 Roussell�察�of the Bout´du´Monde hotel�察�touched on 

the   illnesses   of   his   mother   and   Perrotte。  He   knew   nothing   of   the   food 

prepared by Helene�察�nor had the idea of poison occurred to him until her 

arrest。    Helene's   detestable   character�察  �her   quarrels   with   other   servants�察�

and�察�above all�察 �the thefts of wine he had   found her   out in   were the   sole 

causes of her dismissal。          He had noticed that Helene never ate with the 

other   domestics。      She   always   found   an   excuse   for   not   doing   so。    She 

said she had stomach trouble and could not hold down her food。 

     The Veuve Roussell had to be helped into court by her son。                  She dealt 

with her own illness and with the death of Perrotte。                 Her illness did not 

come on until she had scolded Helene for her bad ways。 

     Dr Revault�察�confrere of Guyot�察�regretted the failure to perform a post´ 

mortem on the body of Perrotte。            He had said to Roussell that if Perrotte's 

illness   was   analogous   to   cholera   it   was�察  �nevertheless�察  �not   that   disease。 

He believed it was due to a poison。 

     The     President�此     �`Chemical       analysis   has   proved     the   presence    of 

arsenic   in   the   viscera   of   Perrotte。   Who   administered   that   arsenic�察  �the 

existence of which was so shrewdly foreseen by the witness�拭                    �Who gave 

her the arsenic�拭      。�To Helene�А      �Do you know�拭        �Was it not you that gave 

it her�察�Helene��'' 

     At this Helene murmured something unintelligible�察�but�察�gathering her 

voice�察�she protested�察 �`I have never had arsenic in my hands�察�Monsieur le 

Presidentnever��'' 



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     Something   of   light   relief   was   provided   by   Jean   Andre�察  �the   cabinet´ 

making ostler   of Saint´Gilles�察 �he   for whose   attention   Helene had   been   a 

rival with Perrotte Mace。 

     ``The service Helene gave was excellent。            So was mine。        She nursed 

Perrotte    perfectly�察  �but  said   it  was   in  vain�察 �because    the   doctors   were 

mishandling   the   disease。      She   told   me   one   day   that   she   was   tired   of 

service�察�and that her one wish was to retire。'' 

     ``Did you attach a certain idea to the confidence about retiring��'' 

     ``No��'' Andre replied energetically。 

     ``You were in hospital。        When you came back�察�did Helene take good 

care of you��'' 

     ``She gave me bouillon every morning to build me up。'' 

     ``The bouillon she gave you did you no harm��'' 

     ``On the contrary�察�it did me a lot of good。'' 

     ``Wasn't   the   accused   jealous   of   Perrottethat   good´looking   girl   who 

gave you so much of her favour��'' 

     ``In her life Perrotte was a good girl。        She never was out of sorts for a 

momentnever rubbed one the wrong way。'' 

     ``Didn't Helene say to you that Perrotte would never recover��'' 

     ``Yes�察�she said that。      `She's a lost woman��' she said�察 �the doctors are 

going the wrong way with the disease。' 

     ``All   the   same��''   Andre   went   on�察   �`Helene   never   ate   with   us。 She 

worked night and day�察�but ate in secret�察�I believe。              Anyhow�察�a friend of 

mine told me he'd once seen her eating a crust of bread�察�and chewing some 

other sort of food at the same time。          As for meI don't know�察�but I don't 

think you can live without eating。'' 

     ``I couldn't keep down what I ate��'' Helene interposed。              ``I took some 

bouillon here and there�察�sometimes a mouthful of breadnothing in secret。 

I never thought of Andre in marriagenot him more than another。                    That 

was all a joke。'' 

     A number of witnesses�察�friends of Perrotte�察�who had seen her during 

her illness�察�spoke of the extreme dislike the girl had shown for Helene and 

for the liquids the latter prepared for her。         Perrotte would say to Helene�察�

``But you're dirty�察�you ugly Bretonne��''          Perrotte had a horror of bouillon�此�



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``Ahthese   vegetable   soups�        �I've   had   enough   of   them�    �It   was   what 

Helene   gave   me   that   night   that   made   me   ill��''  The   witnesses   did   not 

understand   all   this�察  �because   the   accused   seemed   to   be   very   good   to   her 

fellow´servant。       At the bedside Helene cried�察 �`Ah�            �What can I do that 

will save you�察�my poor Perrotte��''           When Perrotte was dying she wanted 

to   ask   Helene's   pardon。    Embracing   the   dying   girl�察  �the   accused   replied�察�

``Ah� �There's no need for that�察�my poor Perrotte。              I know you didn't mean 

anything。'' 

     A witness telling of soup Helene had made for Perrotte�察�which the girl 

declared     to  have    been   poisoned�察    �it  was  asked    what    happened     to  the 

remainder of it。       The President passed the question to Helene�察�who said 

she had thrown it into the hearth。 



     �ァ�IV 

     The most complete and important testimony in the trial was given by 

M。 Theophile Bidard�察�professor to the

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