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AN URGENT MESSAGE Captain d'Haumont went up to his room. His mind was in so great a state of turmoil that he paid no heed to the servants who jostled him slightly as they descended quickly the f…
HILAIRE It might be well to hark back a few hours and discover what was taking place in the shop which was to have its brief moment of fame. M. Hilaire was a tradesman of good reputation in the quar…
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD Some hours later Captain d'Haumont was back again in the de la Boulays' country house. He had left it with the firm determination never to return to it whatever it migh…
THE HONEYMOON The moon—Captain and Madame d'Haumont's honeymoon—rose with its soft refulgence over the silver waves at Villefranche, at the extremity of Cape Ferrat, between Nice and Monte …
CHÉRI-BIBI'S SIMPLE PROGRAMME The same evening, a few minutes before the arrival of the train from Paris, a man in livery was walking up and down the platform of the railway station at Nice. He …
H. DE SAYNTHINE Hilaire had been in the service of his new master for several days. So far, he was extremely satisfied with his new and singular position. His pay was by no means small. When he first…
THE NUT ON THE RACK But we must return to M. de Saynthine. That evening when he left M. Onésime Belon, with whom he had a long discussion, he passed through the little door leading to the deserted st…
A BAD NIGHT FOLLOWED BY BAD DAYS Didier met the two women at the corner of the street almost frightened out of their senses. He calmed them in a faltering voice. The man, he said, had rushed away as …
A SIGHT OF THE ABYSS When Didier was in his own home again he saw that Françoise was in a state of great uneasiness. "Why did you leave the house so early without letting me know?" "…
THE SEQUEL TO M. HILAIRE'S HOLIDAY That afternoon M. Hilaire was driving a large motor-car with the hood up, and few persons would have thought that he was not the owner of the splendid equipage…
