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PROS AND CONS. The chevalier remained alone; but this time there was, in what had just passed between himself and the captain, sufficient matter for reflection to render it unnecessary for him to hav…
THE DENIS FAMILY. Madame Denis did not think it proper that two young persons as innocent as her daughters should breakfast with a young man who, although he had been only three days in Paris, alread…
THE CRIMSON RIBBON. What occupied the mind of the chevalier was neither the denouement of the drama where he had chosen so important [Pg 291] a part, nor the admirable prudence of the Abbe Brigaud i…
THE RUE DES BONS ENFANTS. The evening of the same day, which was Sunday, toward eight o'clock, at the moment when a considerable group of men and women, assembled round a street singer who was p…
JEAN BUVAT. Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken. We would refer to …
BATHILDE. In going to make his declaration to the commissary of the quarter and his arrangements for the funeral, Buvat had not forgotten to look for a woman who could take care of little Bathilde, a…
FIRST LOVE. M. Boniface's room remained vacant for three or four months, when one day Bathilde, who was accustomed to see the window closed, on raising her eyes found that it was open, and at th…
THE CONSUL DUILIUS. The morning following the day, or rather the night, on which the events we have just related had occurred, the Duc d'Orleans, who had returned to the Palais Royal without acc…
THE ABBE DUBOIS. All the world knows the commencement of the Abbe Dubois. We will not enlarge on the history of his youth, which may be found in the memoirs of the time, and particularly in those of …
THE CONSPIRACY. D'Harmental, after having placed his hat and cloak on a chair, after having placed his pistols on his table, and his sword under his pillow, threw himself dressed on to his bed, …
