APPENDIX
Note by the Author
I have included here the full text of the documents contained in theiron box, sent to Placide de Mouret by Colonel D'Ortez, just prior tohis death. One of these papers, that showing the male descendants ofHenri d'Artin and of Pedro Ortez, which proved that Francois Rene Aloisde Pasquier was the father of Placide and which indicated that the wifeof the Chevalier de la Mora and her sister were the grandchildren ofColonel D'Ortez, was set out in the body of the narrative and will befound in Chapter XXII. These supplementary documents (which arehistorically accurate) confirm, not only the story related by ColonelD'Ortez to Placide, but also the strange story told by mad Michel underthe shadow of the Castle of Cartillon. While they may add little tothe narrative interest of the main story, these documents serve toconfirm some of the least credible incidents of the tale, and it wasthought, therefore, worth while to include them here.