mona lisa painting

mona lisa painting
Excuse me, Monsieur Jacques, one question before anything else," said Rouletabille.
"What is it, young man? If I can answer it -"
"Did your mistress wear her hair in bands, that evening? You know what I mean - over her forehead?"
"No, young man. My mistress never wore her hair in the way you suggest, neither on that day nor on any other. She had her hair drawn up, as usual, so that her beautiful forehead could be seen, pure as that of an unborn child!"
Rouletabille grunted and set to work examining the door, finding that it fastened itself automatically. He satisfied himself that it could never remain open and needed a key to open it. Then we entered the vestibule, a small, well-lit room paved with square red tiles.
"Ah! This is the window by which the murderer escaped!" said Rouletabille