Chapter 38

“Exactly what I say. The telephone call from Beauvray to Paris was made by a woman maddened by jealousy and frustration, by a desire to annihilate her rival in Louis Lenormand’s affections——” “But that woman is Cécile Lenormand.” “Not a bit of it! I can assure you she had nothing whatever to do with the telephone call.” “Then whom are you accusing?” “The other woman!” “But there were only two—Cécile Lenormand and Thérèse Saint-Prix.” “Precisely, and since I am not accusing Cécile Lenormand, that means that I do acc…