The Murders in the Rue Morgue neighbours, and I was planning to sell it as soon as possible for a lot of money. On the night of the 3rd of June l was out late with some friends. When I got back home, I found the orang- outang in my bedroom, with my razor in its hand. The door to its own room was broken to pieces. just didn't know what to do. The animal is dangerous at the best of times, but with a razor in its hands On the ship home l always used a whip to keep the animal quiet, so I went to find my whip now. But the minute the orang- outang saw the whip, it ran out of the room, down the stairs, and jumped through an open window into the street. was really afraid now. How could l catch it? The animal ran, and followed. Sometimes it stopped and looked at me, the razor still in its hand. But when I got near, it ran on again. And so we went on. Luckily, the streets were very quiet because it was nearly three o'clock in the morning. Then, when we were going down a narrow street at the back of the Rue Morgue, the animal saw a light in a window on the fourth floor. Before l could do anything, the animal saw the lightning-rod, quickly climbed up it took hold of the latticed shutter, and swung itself through the open window. All this took less than a minute. T shutter then swung open again, back against the wall.