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Raymonde and Suzanne listened at their door. It was
late at night, but there was a noise from the first floor of
the house. The two cousins were very afraid.
“Oh, Raymonde,”
Suzanne said.
“I’m so scared. It
sounds like a robber!”
“Shhh . . . . Be quiet and listen,”
Raymonde told her
cousin.
“The noise is coming from the family room. That is
next to the Count’s bedroom.”
Raymonde was older than Suzanne and always
called Suzanne’s father—and her uncle—“The Count.”
His real title was the Count de Gesvres.
The two women listened closely to all of the noises
coming from below. The fact that they did not hear any
voices made themmore worried.
The Robbery
Chapter 1