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That's putting it mildly. The organ in question was stolen first by a royalist doctor, Philippe-Jean Pelletan, who hid it in his handkerchief after participating in the prince's autopsy, and then by Pelletan's assistant, whose wife later returned it to the doctor, who then gave it to the Archbishop of Paris, whose palace was attacked in 1830, at which point the container holding the heart was smashed to pieces, whereupon (after a few more twists) Dr. Pelletan's son retrieved it, little knowing that tiny slices of the dessicated memento would end up in a laboratory...
Said a heavily accented voice: "Hurry over to No. 80 Avenue Camille Pelletan and you will find a blue-green 404 Peugeot with interesting stolen property in it." The flics located the car, and in an excess of cunning watched it for 24 hours in the hope that its owner would show up. Naturally, no one appeared, so the police decided to search the car. There on the back seat, wrapped in newspapers, were eight rolled-up canvases by Cézanne that had been taken from an exhibition in Aix-en-Provence last August. Valued...
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines--Andre pelletan, Assistant Director...
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