One character in this story explains why searching for "a Chimera, or a cat with three legs" is unnecessary, because it was common knowledge that the Tetrarch of Galilee owned the finest sapphires in the world. In this story, Black Finnegan tells the
One character in this story explains why searching for "a Chimera, or a cat with three legs" is unnecessary, because it was common knowledge that the Tetrarch of Galilee owned the finest sapphires in the world. In this story, Black Finnegan tells the protagonist that two harlequins had carried a man named Gryphius into a cab in front of a tavern. The protagonist of this story opens an envelope that contains a Baedeker map and a letter signed "Baruch Spinoza". At the end of this story, the protagonist arrives at Triste-le-Roy, which was supposed to be the location of a crime representing the final letter of the Tetragrammaton, only to be shot by the criminal Red Scarlach. For 10 points, name this short story in which Erik Lönnrot attempts to solve murder cases using teachings of kabbalah, a work by Jorge Luis Borges.
One character in this story explains why searching for "a Chimera, or a cat with three legs" is unnecessary, because it was common knowledge that the Tetrarch of Galilee owned the finest sapphires in the world.
"Death and the Compass" [or "La muerte y la brújula"]