Dupin shows the narrator of "Rue-Morgue" an excerpt from a
Cuvier text about the Ourang-Outang, whose described anatomy and strength match the crime perfectly. He goes onto the question of the voices. The Ourang-Outang certainly fits the description of the shrill, unintelligible voice, but there is one other, thought to have uttered gruff French phrases at the time of the neighbors' intrusion. Dupin decides that there must be a
Frenchman involved, who perhaps tried to follow the ape but escaped when he saw the horror. So far, these things seem like profound,
educated guesses, but if Dupin is correct, then the
Frenchman will be looking for his missing creature. Dupin has put an ad in the paper, saying that the ape will be returned (to the Maltese sailor it belongs to) upon identification.
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