Life is too short for a long story. Why not sit down and enjoy a short tale?The Purloined Letter is a classically told short tale of detection, written by American author Edgar Allan Poe. The unnamed narrator is discussing with the famous Parisian amateur detective C. Auguste Dupin some of his most celebrated cases when they are joined by the Prefect of the Police, a man known as G—. The Prefect has a case he would like to discuss with Dupin.时间太少，小说太长，不如读一篇短故事。

什么东西可以在自己眼皮底下被堂而皇之的盗走？为什么被盗者诚惶诚恐而盗窃者有恃无恐？警察遍寻各个角落而寻求无果，失窃之物到底身处何方？