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... Sainte Croix , a young man of small means but high family . The Marquis died , and the intimacy of Sainte Croix with the widow gave so much uneasiness to her father , that he procured a lettre de cachet , and had Sainte Croix thrown ...
... Sainte Croix , a young man of small means but high family . The Marquis died , and the intimacy of Sainte Croix with the widow gave so much uneasiness to her father , that he procured a lettre de cachet , and had Sainte Croix thrown ...
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Charles MacFarlane. Their villainies were terminated in the following man- ner . Sainte Croix , when preparing poison , was accustomed to wear a glass mask ; but one day it happened to drop off by accident , and he was found suffocated ...
Charles MacFarlane. Their villainies were terminated in the following man- ner . Sainte Croix , when preparing poison , was accustomed to wear a glass mask ; but one day it happened to drop off by accident , and he was found suffocated ...
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