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Vintage illustration, The Dog of Montargis, identifies his master murderer, Victorian animal stories. The plot is based on a legend from the 14th century, that survived in a letter from Julius Caesar Scaliger. According to the legend: A French courtier of King Charles V (1338–80), Aubry de Montdidier, was murdered c. 1371 in the forest of Bondy, north of Paris. The only witness to De Montdidier’s murder was his dog, which pursued the perpetrator until he was captured; the murderer was Robert Macaire. The king ordered that Macaire, armed with a stick, and the dog should fight a duel, which took place on the Isle de Notre Dame. The dog won: Macaire confessed and was hanged.