Art Painting

Art Painting
an accomplice, which I do not believe he had; unless ?unless Mademoiselle Stangerson herself had seen that that window was not fastened from the inside. But, then, ?what could be the frightful secret which put her under the necessity of doing away with obstacles that separated her from the murderer?
"I seized hold of the ladder, and we returned to the back of the chateau to see if the window of the chamber was still half-open. The blind was drawn but did not join and allowed a bright stream of light to escape and fall upon the path at our feet. I planted the ladder under the window. I am almost sure that I made no noise; and while Daddy Jacques remained at the foot of the ladder, I mounted it, very quietly, my stout stick in my hand. I held my breath and lifted my feet with the greatest care. Suddenly a heavy cloud discharged itself at that moment in a fresh downpour of rain.
"At the same instant the sinister cry of the Bete du bon Dieu arrested me in my ascent. It seemed to me to have come from close by me ?only a few yards away. Was the cry a signal? ?