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Page 84
... Signor was given to understand ( what , at first , he could scarcely credit ) that the stranger was a Frenchman ; and they then conversed for some time in French . The conversation , suggested by the place they were in , turned chiefly ...
... Signor was given to understand ( what , at first , he could scarcely credit ) that the stranger was a Frenchman ; and they then conversed for some time in French . The conversation , suggested by the place they were in , turned chiefly ...
Page 85
... Signor for his civility . Seen by daylight , and without his hat , his most striking likeness to the Bourbon family instantly struck the Italian , who was now indeed puzzled to know what to make of his new acquaintance . After ...
... Signor for his civility . Seen by daylight , and without his hat , his most striking likeness to the Bourbon family instantly struck the Italian , who was now indeed puzzled to know what to make of his new acquaintance . After ...
Page 86
... Signor was a lawyer by pro- fession ; a man accustomed to weigh and sift evidence , and of great natural shrewdness . The Frenchman produced a passport which had been visé in Corsica . The name upon it was Charles Louis Bourlon ; but he ...
... Signor was a lawyer by pro- fession ; a man accustomed to weigh and sift evidence , and of great natural shrewdness . The Frenchman produced a passport which had been visé in Corsica . The name upon it was Charles Louis Bourlon ; but he ...
Page 87
... Signor could draw from his strange avowal was , that he was a monomaniac - a man mad on one particular point , but rational enough on all the rest ; and he turned his at- tention in this direction . But the stranger spoke of his royal ...
... Signor could draw from his strange avowal was , that he was a monomaniac - a man mad on one particular point , but rational enough on all the rest ; and he turned his at- tention in this direction . But the stranger spoke of his royal ...
Page 88
... Signor was made uneasy by the foregoing intelligence . As the best step he could take , he went at once to his acquaintance the magistrate , avowed that he had cultivated an intimacy with one who was now a state - prisoner , and that he ...
... Signor was made uneasy by the foregoing intelligence . As the best step he could take , he went at once to his acquaintance the magistrate , avowed that he had cultivated an intimacy with one who was now a state - prisoner , and that he ...
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