# IX: Patrice and Coralie explained — The Golden Triangle

> Chapter companion for The Golden Triangle by Maurice Leblanc.

## What happens

After Essarès Bey's funeral, Home No. 2 is established in the Rue Raynouard with Coralie as matron and Patrice and his seven wounded men living there. M. Masseron investigates the missing gold but finds no trace in the house or garden. Patrice and Coralie discover a hidden garden with a tombstone inscribed with their names and the date April 14, 1895, suggesting a mysterious connection to their past.

## Themes in this chapter

### Deception and Hidden Identities

The hidden garden and tombstone reveal a secret past linking Patrice and Coralie to a murder from 1895.

### Fate and Destiny

The discovery of the pansy bed spelling 'Patrice and Coralie' and the tombstone suggest an inescapable fate binding them together.

### Justice and Revenge

The inscription 'Revenge to me: I will repay' hints at a quest for vengeance.

## Character check-ins

### Patrice Belval

Captain Belval establishes Home No. 2 and investigates the garden with Coralie.

### Coralie

Appointed matron of Home No. 2; discovers the tombstone with Patrice.

### M. Masseron

Investigates the missing gold but finds no clues in the house or garden.

### Ya-Bon

Acts as parlormaid and guards Coralie's door and window.

### Essarès Bey

Deceased; his funeral passes unnoticed, and his role in the mystery continues posthumously.

### Siméon Diodokis

Suspected of being the gardener and possibly connected to the unknown friend.

## Key lines

> Everything happened as M. Masseron had foretold. The press did not speak. The public did not become excited.

As predicted, the media remained silent and the public showed little interest in the events.

_M. Masseron's foresight about the lack of public attention._

> Here lie Patrice and Coralie, both of whom were murdered on the 14th of April, 1895. Revenge to me: I will repay.

The tombstone declares that Patrice and Coralie were killed on April 14, 1895, and promises vengeance.

_The inscription on the discovered tombstone._

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