May 22
At the Count’s banquet, Mr. William McDowell tragically lost his life, and to this day the culprit remains unknown. Madame Duval was among the guests in attendance that evening. She vaguely recalled that, around the time of the murder, a scar-faced middle-aged man carrying a rose quietly slipped into an empty lounge. However, that room seemed unrelated to the crime itself; perhaps the gentleman had merely been meeting some lady in secret. After pondering the matter for a while, she ultimately chose not to mention it to the investigators.
（This illustration was commissioned by me）
