“Thuswesee，ataglance，thatwhathasbeenmosttriumphantlyadducedinsupportoftheideathatthearticlesbadbeen’foratleastthreeorfourweeks’inthethicket，ismostabsurdlynullasregardsanyevidenceofthatfact。Ontheotherhand，itisexceedinglydifficulttobelievethatthesearticlescouldhaveremainedinthethicketspecified，foralongerperiodthanasingleweek-foralongerperiodthanfromoneSundaytothenext。ThosewhoknowanythingofthevicinityofParis，knowtheextremedifficultyoffindingseclusionunlessatagreatdistancefromitssuburbs。Suchathingasanunexplored，orevenanunfrequentlyvisitedrecess，amiditswoodsorgroves，isnotforamomenttobeimagined。Letanyonewho，beingatheartaloverofnature，isyetchainedbydutytothedustandheatofthisgreatmetropolis-letanysuchoneattempt，evenduringtheweekdays，toslakehisthirstforsolitudeamidthescenesofnaturallovelinesswhichimmediatelysurroundus。Ateverysecondstep，hewillfindthegrowingcharmdispelledbythevoiceandpersonalintrusionofsomeruffianorpartyofcarousingblackguards。Hewillseekprivacyamidthedensestfoliage，allinvain。Herearetheverynookswheretheunwashedmostabound-herearethetemplesmostdesecrate。WithsicknessoftheheartthewandererwillfleebacktothepollutedParisastoalessodiousbecauselessincongruoussinkofpollution。Butifthevicinityofthecityissobesetduringtheworkingdaysoftheweek，howmuchmoresoontheSabbath！Itisnowespeciallythat，releasedfromtheclaimsoflabor，ordeprivedofthecustomaryopportunitiesofcrime，thetownblackguardseekstheprecinctsofthetown，notthroughloveoftherural，whichinhishearthedespises，butbywayofescapefromtherestraintsandconventionalitiesofsociety。Hedesireslessthefreshairandthegreentrees，thantheutterlicenseofthecountry。Here，attheroad-sideinn，orbeneaththefoliageofthewoods，heindulges，uncheckedbyanyeyeexceptthoseofhisbooncompanions，inallthemadexcessofacounterfeithilarity-thejointoffspringoflibertyandofrum。Isaynothingmorethanwhatmustbeobvioustoeverydispassionateobserver，whenIrepeatthatthecircumstanceofthearticlesinquestionhavingremainedundiscovered，foralongerperiod-thanfromoneSundaytoanother，inanythicketintheimmediateneighborhoodofParis，istobelookeduponaslittlelessthanmiraculous。
“Buttherearenotwantingothergroundsforthesuspicionthatthearticleswereplacedinthethicketwiththeviewofdivertingattentionfromtherealsceneoftheoutrage。And，first，letmedirectyournoticetothedateofthediscoveryofthearticles。
Collatethiswiththedateofthefifthextractmadebymyselffromthenewspapers。Youwillfindthatthediscoveryfollowed，almostimmediately，theurgentcommunicationssenttotheeveningpaper。
Thesecommunications，althoughvariousandapparentlyfromvarioussources，tendedalltothesamepoint-viz。，thedirectingofattentiontoagangastheperpetratorsoftheoutrage，andtotheneighborhoodoftheBarri鑢eduRouleasitsscene。Nowhere，ofcourse，thesuspicionisnotthat，inconsequenceofthesecommunications，orofthepublicattentionbythemdirected，thearticleswerefoundbytheboys；butthesuspicionmightandmaywellhavebeen，thatthearticleswerenotbeforefoundbytheboys，forthereasonthatthearticleshadnotbeforebeeninthethicket；
havingbeendepositedthereonlyatsolateaperiodasatthedate，orshortlypriortothedateofthecommunicationsbytheguiltyauthorsofthesecommunicationsthemselves。