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Masson was a French publisher specialised in medical and scientific collections. In 1987, Masson purchased Armand Colin . In turn, it became part of the City Group in 1994. In 2005, Masson merged with Elsevier France , creating Elsevier Masson .
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Generations ago they had come up from the wharves and settled in the graveyard, a colony of abnormally large rats, and when Masson had taken charge after the inexplicable disappearance of the former caretaker, he decided that they must go.
And while some of the gnawed, empty coffins could be attributed to the activities of the rats, Masson might find it difficult to explain the mutilated bodies that lay in some of the coffins.
The rats had retreated to their burrows, and Masson had not seen one for days.
But he would hardly come at this late hour, no matter how much grief he might be suffering, Masson thought, grinning wryly.
For a moment a pang of superstitious fear shot through Masson, and then rage replaced it as he realised the significance of the sound.
A black shoe, limp and dragging, was disappearing as Masson watched, and abruptly he realised that the rats had forestalled him by only a few minutes.
Probably if the corpse had been an ordinary one Masson would have left the rats with their spoils rather than venture into the narrow burrow, but he remembered an especially fine set of cufflinks he had observed, as well as a stickpin that was undoubtedly a genuine pearl.
If he could not reach the corpse in a minute, Masson decided, he would turn back.
Flashing the light behind him, Masson caught his breath in a sob of fear as he saw a dozen great rats watching him intently, their slitted eyes glittering in the light.
This time the rats did not retreat so far, but Masson was crawling as swiftly as he could along the burrow, ready to fire again at the first sound of another attack.
It made a faint groaning sound as it crawled towards Masson, stretching its ragged and granulated lips in a grin of dreadful hunger.
Horror touched him, Masson flung himself frantically into the burrow at his side.
The central figure in this massacre is Etienne Masson, the leader of a tribe, for lack of a better word, that controls a large piece of rain forest surrounding Jacmel.
This is the first time that anyone outside of Haiti has seen Masson in nine years.
The SEALS operated under the assumption that Masson and his men were as well trained and disciplined as they were.