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There certainly was in this affair an element of mystery which neither the jury, nor the president, nor the Attorney-General himself could understand.
The girl Prudent (Rosalie), a maid employed by the Varambot family, of Mantes, became pregnant unknown to her employers, was brought to bed during the night in her attic bedroom, and had then killed and buried her child in the garden.