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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1882
Page
6
A vivid fragment describes the Sultan astride a beast along a lengthy road with strong winds. Locals are said to have cleared the way as crowds and officials note a strange traveler cannot be stopped, moving from one side of the province to another.
An aspiring Paris painter, after years of struggle, is approached by a tall stranger in black offering a lucrative but bizarre assignment. The terms require painting from life by candlelight, blindfolded transport to and from the stranger’s house, secrecy, and no discussion of the subject, with payment of 1000 francs upfront and another upon completion. The encounter hints at danger and secrecy surrounding the commission.
A narrator recounts being lured to a grand Paris mansion and forced to paint a coffin scene while a murdered woman lies nearby a jeweled dagger in her heart. After a perilous night he contends with fear and a scheming adversary before a minister exposes a crime and a forced confession. The Marquis Bonteaux claims the dagger was to guard his wife. The minister arranges a deathbed reveal and justice.
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