Mademoiselle, in her night-dress, was lying on the floor in the midst of the greatest disorder.

Tables and chairs had been overthrown, showing that there had been a violent struggle.

Mademoiselle had certainly been dragged from her bed.

She was covered with blood and had terrible marks of finger-nails on her throat,--the flesh of her neck having been almost torn by the nails.

From a wound on the right temple a stream of blood had run down and made a little pool on the floor.