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A tipsy cabaret dancer from the Picratt nightclub entered the police station and excitedly announced that she had heard two men at the next table in the bar conspire to kill a countess, an unknown countess.
The prisoner is a depiction of life in Albertina. The love is one-sided, but the protagonist does not have the strength to end the relationship. Bergotte and Swann die, and after an argument with Albertine, he notices one morning that she has disappeared.
The Queen's Necklace is a novel by Alexandre Dumas that was published in 1849 and 1850. It is loosely based on The Diamond Necklace Affair, an episode involving fraud and royal scandal that made headlines at the court of Louis XVI in the 1780s.
The novel, published in 1905, is a suspenseful thriller that follows four mysterious men – George Manfred, Léon Gonsalez, Raymond Poicart and Thery – who see themselves as self-proclaimed fighters for justice.