About three years and a half ago, a disturbance very similar to the present was caused by the disappearance of this same Marie Rogêt from the parfumerie of Monsieur le Blanc, in the Palais Royal. At the end of a week, however, she reappeared at her customary comptoir, as well as ever, with the exception of a slight paleness not altogether usual. It was given out by Monsieur le Blanc and her mother that she had merely been on a visit to some friends in the country; and the affair was speedily hushed up. We presume that the present absence is a freak of the same nature, and that, at the expiration of a week or, perhaps, a month, we shall have her among us again.

EDGAR ALLAN POE, E.U.A.
in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", 1845 



Há cerca de três anos e meio, uma perturbação muito semelhante à actual teve origem no desaparecimento da mesma Marie Rogêt da parfumerie de Monsieur le Blanc, no Palais Royal. Ao fim de uma semana, porém, reapareceu no seu comptoir habitual, tão bem como sempre, à excepção duma leve palidez nada usual. Foi comunicado por Monsieur le Blanc e pela mãe dela que ela fora somente visitar uns amigos ao campo; e rapidamente o caso foi silenciado. Presumimos que a actual ausência seja um logro da mesma natureza e que, ao fim duma semana, ou talvez de um mês, voltaremos a tê-la de novo entre nós.