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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 XX. THE SECRET NOTE. Pere D'aigrigny read as follows: ' Three days since, the Abbe' Gabriel de Rennepont, who had never been to Mlle. de Cardoville's, went to that young lady's residence at half-past one o'clock p. M. and remained there until five o'clock. Almost immediately after his departure two servants quitted the hotel, one going to Mare'chal Simon, and the other to Agricola Baudoin, the working smith, and afterwards to Prince Djalma. ' Yesterday about noon Marshal Simon and his two daughters visited Mlle. de Cardoville, and shortly afterwards the Abbe ' Gabriel arrived there, accompanied by Agricola Baudoin. ' A long conference ensued between the different personages and Mlle. de Cardoville, and they remained together until half-past three o'clock. ' The Mare'chal Simon, who came in a carriage, returned on foot with his two daughters; all three appeared much satisfied; and, in one of the most private walks in the Champs Elyse'es, Mare'chal Simon embraced his daughters with great affection and cordiality. ' The Abbe' Gabriel de Rennepont and Agricola Baudoin came out last. ' The Abbe' Gabriel returned to his home, as we learned afterwards; the smith, whom we had many reasons for watching, went to a wine-shop in the Rue de la Harpe. We followed him. He asked for a bottle ofwine, seating himself in an obscure part of the room on the left hand. He did not drink, but seemed deeply preoccupied. We conjectured he was waiting for some one. ' About half an hour afterwards a man arrived, about thirty years of age, dark, tall, blind of the left eye, dressed in a mulberry-coloured coat and black trousers. He was bareheaded. He did not live far off. He seated himself with the smith. 'A very animated conversation ensued, of which, unfortuna...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217645140 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217645143 |
| Weight | 1.26 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.87 In |
| List Price | $29.41 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 390 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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