"Perhaps not," said Lefevre. "Come and sit down and let us talk."
They were retiring from the window when Embro's voice again sounded at
Lefevre's elbow--"Come now, Lefevre; what's the meaning of that Paris
case?"
"What Paris case?"
Embro answered by handing him the paper. He took it, and read as
follows:--
"About a month ago a strange case of complete mental collapse was
received into the Hotel-Dieu. A fresh healthy girl, of the working
class, about twenty years of age, and comfortably dressed,
presented herself at a police-station near the Odeon and asked for
shelter. As she did not appear to be in full possession of her
mental faculties, she was sent to the Hotel-Dieu, where she
remained in a semi-comatose condition. Her memory did not go
farther back than the hour of her application at the
police-station. She was entirely ignorant of her previous history,
and had even forgotten her name. The minds of the medical staff of
the Hotel-Dieu were very much exercised with her condition; but it
was not till about a week ago that they succeeded in restoring to
any extent her mental consciousness and her memory.
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