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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Morillon having given his orders to Delbenne, and Barthe, to the effect that we have already stated, had rejoined Saturnin. We can now speak freely, he said, as they rode along; I must, however, preface what I have to say by a sad piece of intelligence. The Count de Perbruck is dead Dead cried Saturnin. But how, and when? A fall from his horse in the wood of Blain. La Rouarie, M, de Perbruck, and myself were the only persons present at the time. This is indeed sad news, said Saturnin. Poor fellow to die at the moment he had returned from the strange exile he had imposed upon himself, and when he was about to resume his rank and position in life This is indeed a heavy calamity. True, said Morillon, who appeared to brush away a tear, but unhappily it is not the Count's death alone which we have to deplore; the misfortune is greater than you imagine, and yet it is not irreparable. How so? said Saturnin. In the first place, replied Morillon, it was the young Count who received the assent of the greater portion of the Nantaise noblesse to the Association of La Rouarie. I know it, said Saturnin, imprudently, who could scarcely restrain a smile at the recollection of the part which he had played at the Chateau d'Arches. Ah said Morillon, you know it. Good he resumed immediately: but what you are doubtless ignorant of is that all those whoagreed to join us at the Count's instigation, did so only on condition that he should be their chief. They have faith only in him, and if he disappears, all will disappear with him. You surprise me, '' said Saturnin. I had no idea that the Count was a personage of such importance. Morillon perceived that he was speaking to a man who knew more than he g...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217075817 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217075819 |
| Weight | 0.48 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.33 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 140 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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