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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7 Part 3 Murat - Alexandre Dumas · Criminal Manchester - Experiences of a Special Correspondent

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  Speaker 1: Chapter one of Celebrated Crimes Volume seven, Part three Murah.
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  Speaker 1: LibriVox dot org. Celebrated Crimes Volume seven, Part three Murah
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  Speaker 1: by Alexandre Dumah, translated by George Burnham ives Chapter one. Toulon,
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  Speaker 1: on the eighteenth June eighteen fifteen, at the very moment
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  Speaker 1: when the destiny of Europe was being decided at Waterloo,
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  Speaker 1: a man dressed like a beggar was silently following the
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  Speaker 1: road from Toulon to Marseilles. Arrived at the entrance of
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  Speaker 1: the Gorge J'avoulioul. He halted on a little eminence, from
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  Speaker 1: which he could see all the surrounding country. Then, either
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  Speaker 1: because he had reached the end of his journey, or
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  Speaker 1: because before attempting that forbidding somber pass, which is called
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  Speaker 1: the Thermopylae of Provence, he wished to enjoy the magnificent view,
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  Speaker 1: which spread to the southern horizon a little longer. He
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  Speaker 1: went and sat down on the edge of the ditch
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  Speaker 1: which bordered the road, turning his back on the mountains
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  Speaker 1: which rise like an amphitheater to the north of the town,
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  Speaker 1: and having at his feet a rich plain covered with
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  Speaker 1: tropical vegetation, exotics of a conservatory, trees and flowers quite
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  Speaker 1: unknown in any other part of France. Beyond this plane,
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  Speaker 1: glittering in the last rays of the sun, pale and
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  Speaker 1: motionless as a mirror, lay the sea, and on the
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  Speaker 1: surface of the water glided one brig of war, which,
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  Speaker 1: taking advantage of a fresh land breeze, had all sails
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  Speaker 1: spread and was bowling along rapidly, making for Italian seas.
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  Speaker 1: The beggar followed it eagerly with his eyes until it
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  Speaker 1: disappeared between the Cape of Gien and the first of
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  Speaker 1: the islands of Hierre. Then, as the white apparition vanished.
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  Speaker 2: He sighed deeply, let his head.
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  Speaker 1: Fall into his hands, and remained motionless and absorb orbed
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  Speaker 1: in his reflections until the tramplings of a cavalcade made
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  Speaker 1: him start. He looked up, shook back his long black
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  Speaker 1: hair as if he wished to get rid of the
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  Speaker 1: gloomy thoughts which were overwhelming him, and looking at the
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  Speaker 1: entrance to the gorge, from whence the noise came, he
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  Speaker 1: soon saw two riders appear, who were no doubt well.
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  Speaker 2: Known to him.
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  Speaker 1: For drawing himself up to his full height, he let
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  Speaker 1: fall the stick he was carrying, and folding his arms,
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  Speaker 1: he turned towards them.
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  Speaker 2: On their side.
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  Speaker 1: The newcomers had hardly seen him before they halted, and
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  Speaker 1: the foremost dismounted, threw his bridle to his companion, and, uncovering,
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  Speaker 1: though fifty paces from the man in rags, advanced respectfully
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  Speaker 1: towards him. The beggar allowed him to approach with an
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  Speaker 1: air of somber dignity and without a single movement. Then,
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  Speaker 1: when he was quite near, Well, Marshal, have you news
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  Speaker 1: for me, said the beggar, Yes, sire, said the other sadly.
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  Speaker 2: And what are they.
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  Speaker 1: Such that I could wish it were anyone but myself
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  Speaker 1: to announce them to your majesty. So the Emperor refuses
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  Speaker 1: my services. He forgets the victories of Abouquer I allow
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  Speaker 1: in Moscow, no, Sire, but he remembers the Treaty of Naples,
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  Speaker 1: the taking of Reggio, and the declaration of war of
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  Speaker 1: the Viceroy of Italy. The beggar struck his forehead. Yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: I dare say, he thinks I deserve his reproaches. And
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  Speaker 1: yet it seems to me that he ought to remember
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  Speaker 1: that there are two men in me, the soldier whom
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  Speaker 1: he made his brother, and the brother whom he made
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  Speaker 1: a king. Yes, as brother, I have treated an ill,
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  Speaker 1: very ill. But as a king, upon my soul, I
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  Speaker 1: could not have acted differently. I had to choose between
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  Speaker 1: my sword and my crown, and between a regiment and
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  Speaker 1: a people. Listen, Brune, you do not know how it
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  Speaker 1: all happened. There was an English fleet, the guns of
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  Speaker 1: which were growling in the port. There was a Neapolitan
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  Speaker 1: population howling in the streets. If I had been alone,
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  Speaker 1: I would have passed through the fleet with one boat,
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  Speaker 1: through the crowd, with my sword alone. But I had
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  Speaker 1: a wife and children. Yet I hesitated. The idea of
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  Speaker 1: being called traitor and deserter caused me to shed more
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  Speaker 1: tears than the loss of losing my throne, or perhaps
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  Speaker 1: the death of those I love best will ever ring
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  Speaker 1: for me, and so he will have nothing more to
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  Speaker 1: do with me. He refuses me as general captain private, then.
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  Speaker 2: What is left for me to do?
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  Speaker 1: Sire? Your majesty must leave France immediately, And if I
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  Speaker 1: don't obey. My orders are to arrest you and deliver
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  Speaker 1: you up to a court martial. Old comrade, you will
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  Speaker 1: not do that. I shall do it, praying God to
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  Speaker 1: strike me dead in the moment I lay hands on you.
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  Speaker 1: That's you all over, Brune, you have been able to
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  Speaker 1: remain a good, loyal fellow. He did not give you
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  Speaker 1: a kingdom. He did not encircle your brow with a
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  Speaker 1: band of iron, which men call a crown and which
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  Speaker 1: strives one mad. He did not place you between your
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  Speaker 1: conscience and your family. So I must leave France, begin
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  Speaker 1: my vagabond life again, and say farewell to Toulon, which recalls.
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  Speaker 2: So many memories to me.
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  Speaker 1: See Brune, continued Murrah, leaning on the arm of the Marshal.
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  Speaker 1: Are not the pines yonder as fine as any at
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  Speaker 1: their Villa Pompili, the palms as imposing as any at Cairo,
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  Speaker 1: or the mountains as grand as any range in the Tyrol?
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  Speaker 1: Look to your left, is not k Gian something like
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  Speaker 1: Caste la Maree and Sorrento. Leaving out Vesuvius and see
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  Speaker 1: Saint Marie at the farthest point of the gulf. Is
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  Speaker 1: it not like my Rock of Capri, which the mark
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  Speaker 1: juggled away so cleverly from that idiot of a Sir Hudson. Lowe,
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  Speaker 1: my god, and I must leave all this is there
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  Speaker 1: no way of remaining on this little corner of French ground.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me, Brune, you'll break my heart.
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  Speaker 2: Sire, answered the Marshal.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we'll say no more about it. What news The
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  Speaker 1: Emperor has left Paris to join the army. They must
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  Speaker 1: be fighting now, fighting now, and.
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  Speaker 2: I not there.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I feel I could have been of use to
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  Speaker 1: him on this battlefield. How I would have gloried and
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  Speaker 1: charging those miserable Prushuns and dastardly English. Brune, give me
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  Speaker 1: a passport.
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  Speaker 2: I'll go at full speed. I'll reach the army.
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  Speaker 1: I will make myself known to some colonel. I shall say,
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  Speaker 1: give me your regiment. I'll charge at its head. And
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  Speaker 1: if the Emperor does not clasp my hand tonight, ah
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  Speaker 1: blow my brains out. I swear I will do what
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  Speaker 1: I ask, Brune, And however it may end, my eternal
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  Speaker 1: gratitude will be yours. I cannot, sire.
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  Speaker 2: Well, well, say no more about.
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  Speaker 1: It, and your Majesty is going to leave France.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Obey your orders, Marshal, and if you come across me again,
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  Speaker 1: have me arrested. That's another way of doing something for me.
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  Speaker 1: Life is a heavy burden nowadays. He who will relieve
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  Speaker 1: me of it will be welcome. Good Bye, Brune. He
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  Speaker 1: held out his hand to the marshal, who tried to
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  Speaker 1: kiss it, but Murah opened his arms. The two old
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  Speaker 1: comrades held each other fast for a moment, with swelling
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  Speaker 1: hearts and eyes full of tears. Then at last they parted.
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  Speaker 1: Brune remounted his horse, Murrah picked up his stick again,
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  Speaker 1: and the two men went away in opposite directions, one
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  Speaker 1: to meet his death by assassination at Avignon, the other
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  Speaker 1: to be shot at Pitzeau. Meanwhile, like Richard the Third,
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  Speaker 1: Napoleon was bartering his crown against the horse at Waterloo.
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  Speaker 1: After the interview that has just been related, Murah took
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  Speaker 1: refuge with his nephew, who was called Bonafou and who
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  Speaker 1: was captain of a frigate. But this retreat could only
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  Speaker 1: be temporary, for the relationship would inevitably awake the suspicions
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  Speaker 1: of the authorities. In consequence, Bonafou set about finding a
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  Speaker 1: more secret place of refuge for his uncle. He hit
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  Speaker 1: on one of his friends in advocate it, a man
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  Speaker 1: famed for his integrity, and that very evening Bonifou went
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  Speaker 1: to see him. After chatting on general subjects, he asked
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  Speaker 1: his friend if he had not a house at the
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  Speaker 1: sea side, and, receiving an affirmative answer, he invited himself
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  Speaker 1: to breakfast.
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  Speaker 2: There the next day.
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  Speaker 1: The proposal, naturally enough, was agreed to with pleasure. The
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  Speaker 1: next day, at the appointed hour, Bonafou arrived at Bonnette,
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  Speaker 1: which was the name of the country house where Monsieur
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  Speaker 1: Mariune's wife and daughter were staying. Monsieur Mariun himself was
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  Speaker 1: kept by his work at Toulon. After the ordinary greetings,
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  Speaker 1: Bonafoux stepped to the window, beckoning to Marion to rejoin him.
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  Speaker 1: I thought, he said uneasily that your house.
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  Speaker 2: Was by the sea.
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  Speaker 1: We are hardly ten minutes walk from it. But it
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  Speaker 1: is not in sight that he'll prevent you from seeing it.
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  Speaker 1: May we go for a stroll on the beach before
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  Speaker 1: breakfast is served? By all means, Well, your horse is saddled,
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  Speaker 1: I will order mine.
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  Speaker 2: I will come back for you.
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  Speaker 1: Marianne went out. Bonafou remained at the window, absorbed in
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  Speaker 1: his thoughts. The ladies of the house, occupied in preparations
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  Speaker 1: for the meal, did not observe or did not appear
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  Speaker 1: to observe his preoccupation. In five minutes Marianne came back.
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  Speaker 1: He was ready to start. The advocate and his friend
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  Speaker 1: mounted their horses and rode quickly down to the sea.
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  Speaker 1: On the beach, the captain slackened his pace, and riding
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  Speaker 1: along the shore for about half an hour, he seemed
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  Speaker 1: to be examining the bearings of the coast with great attention.
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  Speaker 1: Marione followed without inquiring into his investigations, which seemed natural
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  Speaker 1: enough for a naval officer. After about an hour, the
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  Speaker 1: two men went back to the house. Marianne wished to
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  Speaker 1: have the horses unsaddled, but Bonafou objected, saying that he
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  Speaker 1: must go back to Toulon immediately after lunch. Indeed, the
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  Speaker 1: coffee was hardly finished before he rose and took leave
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  Speaker 1: of his host. Marinne, called back to the town by
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  Speaker 1: his work, mounted his horse too, and the two friends
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  Speaker 1: rode back to Toulon together. After riding along for ten minutes,
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  Speaker 1: Bonifou went close to his companion and touched him on
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  Speaker 1: the thigh. Marounne he said, I have an important secret
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  Speaker 1: to confide to you. Speak, Captain. After a father confessor,
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  Speaker 1: you know there is no one so discreet as a notary,
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  Speaker 1: and after a notary an advocate. You can quite understand
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  Speaker 1: that I did not come to your country house just
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  Speaker 1: for the pleasure of the ride. A more important object,
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  Speaker 1: a serious responsibility, preoccupied me. I have chosen you out
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  Speaker 1: of all my friends, believing that you were devoted enough
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  Speaker 1: to me to render me a great service. You did well, Captain.
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  Speaker 1: Let us go straight to the point, as men who
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  Speaker 1: respect and trust each other should do. My uncle, King Joaquim,
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  Speaker 1: is proscribed. He has taken refuge with me, but he
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  Speaker 1: cannot remain there, for I am the first person he
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  Speaker 1: will suspect. Your house is in an isolated position, and
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  Speaker 1: consequently we could not find a better retreat for him.
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  Speaker 1: You must put it at our disposal until events enable
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  Speaker 1: the king to come to some decision.
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  Speaker 3: It is at your service, said Marounn. Right, My uncle
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  Speaker 3: shall sleep there to night, but at least give me
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  Speaker 3: time to make some preparations worthy of my royal guest.
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  Speaker 3: My poor Marounn, you are giving yourself unnecessary trouble and
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  Speaker 3: making a vexatious delay for us. King Joaquim is no
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  Speaker 3: longer accustomed to palaces and courtiers. He is only too
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  Speaker 3: happy now a days to find a cottage with a
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  Speaker 3: friend in it. Besides, I have let him know about it,
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  Speaker 3: so sure was I of your answer. He is counting
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  Speaker 3: on sleeping at your house to night, and if I
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  Speaker 3: try to change his determination now, he will see a
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  Speaker 3: refusal in what is only a postponement, and you will
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  Speaker 3: lose all the credit for your generous and noble action.
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  Speaker 3: There it is agreed to night at ten at the
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  Speaker 3: Champs de Mars. With these words, the captain put his
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  Speaker 3: horse to a gallop and disappeared. Maauann turned his horse
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  Speaker 3: and went back to his country house to give the
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  Speaker 3: necessary orders for the reception of a stranger, whose name
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  Speaker 3: he did not mention. At ten o'clock at night, as
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  Speaker 3: had been agreed, Marie Anne was on the Schamps de Mars,
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  Speaker 3: then covered with Marshal Bruin's Field artillery.
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  Speaker 1: No one had yet arrived. He walked up and down
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  Speaker 1: between the gun carriages until a functionary came to ask
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  Speaker 1: what he was doing. He was hard put to it
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  Speaker 1: to find an answer. A man is hardly likely to
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  Speaker 1: be wandering about in an artillery park at ten o'clock
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  Speaker 1: at night.
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  Speaker 2: For the mere.
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  Speaker 1: Pleasure of the thing, he asked to see the commanding officer.
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  Speaker 1: The officer came up, Monsieur maro Ann informed him that
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  Speaker 1: he was an advocate attached to the law courts of Toulon,
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  Speaker 1: and told him that he had arranged to meet some
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  Speaker 1: one on the Champs de Mars, not knowing that it
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  Speaker 1: was prohibited, and that he was still waiting for that person.
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  Speaker 1: After this explanation, the author authorized him to remain and
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  Speaker 1: went back to his quarters. The sentinel, a faithful adherent
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  Speaker 1: to discipline, continued to pace up and down with his
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  Speaker 1: measured step, without troubling any more about the stranger's presence.
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  Speaker 1: A few moments later, a group of several persons appeared
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  Speaker 1: from the direction of Le Lise. The night was magnificent
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  Speaker 1: and the moon brilliant. Maro Ann recognized Bonifou and went
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  Speaker 1: up to him. The captain at once took him by
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  Speaker 1: the hand and led him to the king, and, speaking
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  Speaker 1: in turn to each of them, Sire, he said, here
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  Speaker 1: is the friend I told you of. Then, turning to
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  Speaker 1: marow Anne, here he said is the king of naples,
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  Speaker 1: sile and fugitive, whom I confide to your care. I
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  Speaker 1: do not speak of the possibility that some day he
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  Speaker 1: may get back his crown, that would deprive you of
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  Speaker 1: the credit of your fine action. Now be his guide.
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  Speaker 1: We will follow at a distance march. The king and
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  Speaker 1: the lawyer set out at once together. Yura was dressed
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  Speaker 1: in a blue coat semi military semi civil, buttoned to
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  Speaker 1: the throat. He wore white trousers and top boots with spurs.
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  Speaker 1: He had long hair, mustache and thick whiskers which would
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  Speaker 1: reach round his neck. As they rode along, he questioned
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  Speaker 1: his host about the situation of his country house and
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  Speaker 1: the facility for reaching the sea in case of a surprise.
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  Speaker 1: Towards midnight, the king and Mahouan arrived at Bonnet. The
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  Speaker 1: royal suite came up in about ten minutes. It consisted
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  Speaker 1: of about thirty individuals. After partaking of some light refreshment,
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  Speaker 1: this little troop, the last of the court of the
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  Speaker 1: deposed king, retired to disperse in the town and its environs.
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  Speaker 1: A Mura remained alone with the women only, keeping one
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  Speaker 1: valet named LeBlanc. Mura stayed nearly a month in this retirement,
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  Speaker 1: spending all his time in answering the newspapers which accused
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  Speaker 1: him of treason to the Emperor. This accusation was his
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  Speaker 1: absorbing idea, a phantom, a specter to him. Day and
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  Speaker 1: night he tried to shake it off, seeking in the
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  Speaker 1: difficult position in which he had found himself all the
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  Speaker 1: reasons which it might offer him for acting as he
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  Speaker 1: had acted. Meanwhile, the terrible news of the defeat at
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  Speaker 1: Waterloo had spread abroad. The Emperor, who had exiled him,
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  Speaker 1: was in exile himself, and he was waiting at Rochefort,
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  Speaker 1: like Mura at Toulon, to hear what his enemies would
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  Speaker 1: decide against him. No one knows to this day what
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  Speaker 1: inward prompting Napoleon obeyed. When rejecting the councils of General
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  Speaker 1: l'alamand and the devotion of Captain Bondin, he preferred England
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  Speaker 1: to America, and went, like a modern prometheus to be
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  Speaker 1: chained to the the rock of Saint Helena. We are
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  Speaker 1: going to relate the fortuitous circumstances which led Mura to
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  Speaker 1: the moat of Pizzot. Then we will leave it to
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  Speaker 1: the fatalists to draw from this strange story, whatever philosophical
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  Speaker 1: deduction may please them, We, as humble analysts, can only
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  Speaker 1: vouch for the truth of the facts we have already related,
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  Speaker 1: and of those which will follow. King Louis the eighteenth
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  Speaker 1: three mounted his throne. Consequently, Mura lost all hope of
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  Speaker 1: remaining in France. He felt he was bound to go.
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  Speaker 1: His nephew, Bonafou, fitted out a frigate for the United
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  Speaker 1: States under the name of Prince Rocca Romana. The whole
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  Speaker 1: suite went on board, and they began to carry on
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  Speaker 1: to the boat all the valuables which the exile had
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  Speaker 1: been able to save from the shipwreck of his kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: First a bag of gold weighing nearly one hundred pounds,
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  Speaker 1: a sword sheath, on which were the portraits of the King,
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  Speaker 1: the Queen and their children, the deed of the civil
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  Speaker 1: estates of his family, bound in velvet and adorned with
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  Speaker 1: his own arms.
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  Speaker 2: Mirah carried on his.
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  Speaker 1: Person a belt where some precious papers were concealed, with
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  Speaker 1: about a score of unmounted diamonds, which he estimated himself
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  Speaker 1: to be worth four millions. When all these preparations for
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  Speaker 1: departing were accomplished, it was agreed that the next day,
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  Speaker 1: the first of August, at five o'clock, a boat should
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  Speaker 1: fetch the king to the brig from a little bay
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  Speaker 1: ten minutes walk from the house where he was staying.
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  Speaker 1: The King spent the night making out a route for
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  Speaker 1: Monsieur Marianne by which he could reach the Queen, who
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  Speaker 1: was then in Austria. I think it was finished just
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  Speaker 1: as it was time to leave, and on crossing the
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  Speaker 1: threshold of the hospitable house where he had found refuge,
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  Speaker 1: he gave it to his host, slipped into a volume
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  Speaker 1: of a pocket edition of Voltaire, below the story of
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  Speaker 1: Micromegas the king had written. A volume is still in
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  Speaker 1: the hands of Monsieur Marienne at Toulon. Reassure yourself, dear Caroline,
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  Speaker 1: although unhappy, I am free. I am departing, but I
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  Speaker 1: do not know whither I bound. Wherever I may be,
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  Speaker 1: my heart will be with you.
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  Speaker 2: And my children j m.
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  Speaker 1: Ten minutes later, Murah and his host were waiting on
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  Speaker 1: the beach at Bonnette for the boat which was to
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  Speaker 1: take them out to the ship. They waited until midday
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  Speaker 1: and nothing appeared, And yet on the horizon they could
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  Speaker 1: see the brig which was to be his refuge, unable
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  Speaker 1: to lie at anchor on account of the depth of water,
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  Speaker 1: sailing along the coast at the risk of giving the
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  Speaker 1: alarm to the sentinels. At midday, the king, worn out
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: with fatigue and the heat of the sun, was lying
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: on the beach when a servant arrived, bringing various refreshments,
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: which Madame Maran, being very uneasy, had sent add all
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: hazards to her husband. The king took a glass of
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: wine and water and ate an orange, and got up
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: for a moment to see whether the boat he was
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: expecting was nowhere visible. On the vastness of the sea.
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: There was not a boat in sight, only the brig
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: tossing gracefully on the horizon, impatient to be off, like
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: a horse awaiting its master. The King sighed and laid
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: down again on the sand. The servant went back to
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Bonnet with a message, summoning Monsieur Marowhann's brother to the beach.
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: He arrived in a few minutes, and almost immediately afterwards
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: galloped off at full speed to Toulon in order to
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: find out from Monsieur Bonifou why the boat had not
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: been sent to the king. On reaching the captain's house.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: He found it occupied by an armed force. They were
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: making a search for Murat. The messenger at last made
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: his way through the tumult to the person he was
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: in search of, and he heard that the boat had
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: started at the appointed time, and that it must have
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: gone astray in the creeks of Saint Louis and Saint Marguerite.
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: This was, in fact exactly what had happened. By five o'clock,
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: Monsieur Marouan had reported the news to his brother and
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: the king. It was bad news. The king had no
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: courage left to defend his life even by flight. He
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: was in a state of which sometimes overwhelms the strongest
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: of men, incapable of making any plan for his own safety,
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: and leaving Monsieur Mahouan to do the best he could.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: Just then, a fisherman was coming into harbor singing, and
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: Mahoan beckoned to him, and he came up. Mahoan began
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: by buying all the man's fish. Then, when he had
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: paid him with a few coins, he let some gold
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: glitter before his eyes and offered him three louis if
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: he would take a passenger to the brig which was
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: lying off the couas de signon. The fisherman agreed to
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: do it. This chance of escape gave back Murat all
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: his strength. He got up, embraced Mahouan, and begged him
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: to go to the queen with the volume of Voltaire.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: Then he sprang into the boat, which instantly left the shore.
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: It was already some distance from the land when the
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: king stopped the man who was rowing and signed to
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: Marouan that he had forgotten something. On the beach lay
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: a bag into which Murat had put a magnificent pair
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: of pistols mounted with silver gilt, which the queen had
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: given him, and which he set great store on. As
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: soon as he was within hearing, he shouted his reason
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: for returning to his host. Marowann seized the valise, and
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: without waiting for Murat to land, he threw it into
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: the boat, and the bag flew open, and one.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: Of the pistols fell out.
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: The fishermen only glanced once at the royal weapon, but
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: it was enough to make him notice its richness and
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: to arouse his suspicions. Nevertheless, he went on rowing towards
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: the frigate Monsieur maro Anne, seeing him disappear in the distance,
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: left his brother on the beach, and, bowing once more
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: to the king, returned to the house to calm his
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: wife's anxieties and to take the repose of which he
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: was in much need. Two hours later he was awakened
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: his house was to be searched in its turn by soldiers.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: They searched every nook and corner without finding a trace
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: of the king. Just as they were getting desperate, the.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: Brother came in.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: Mawan smiled at him, believing the king to be sick,
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: but by the newcomer's expression, he saw that some fresh
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: misfortune was in the wind. In the first moment's respite
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: given him by his visitors, he went up to his brother. Well,
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: he said, I hope the king is on board. The
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: king is fifty yards away, hidden in the outhouse.
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: Why did he come back?
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: The fisherman pretended he was afraid of a sudden squall
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: and refused to take him off to the brig The scoundrel.
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: The soldiers came in again. They spent the night in
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: fruitless searching about the house and buildings. Several times they
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: passed within a few steps of the king, and he
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: could hear their threats and imprecations. At last, half an
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: hour before dawn, they went away. Marilan watched them go,
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: and when they were out of sight, he ran to
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: the king. He found him lying in a corner, a
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: pistol clutched in each hand. The unhappy man had been
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: overcome by fatigue and had fallen asleep. Marilan hesitated a
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: moment to bring him back to his wandering, tormented life,
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: but there was not a minute to lose.
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: He woke him.
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: They went down to the beach at once. A morning
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: mist lay over the sea. They could not see anything
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: two hundred yards ahead. They were obliged to wait. At last,
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: the first sunbeams began to pierce this nocturnal mist. It
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: slowly dispersed, gliding over the sea as clouds move in
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: the sky. The king's hungry eye roved over the tossing
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: waters before him, but he saw nothing. Yet he could
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: not banish the hope that somewhere behind that moving curtain
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: he would find his refuge. Little by little, the horizon
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: came into view. Light wreaths of mist like smoke still
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: floated about the surface of the water, and in each
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: of them the king thought he recognized the white sails
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: of his vessel. The last gradually vanished. The sea was
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: revealed in all its immensity. It was desert. Not daring
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: to delay any longer, the ship had sailed away in
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: the night, So said the king.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: The die is cast. I will go to Corsica.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: The same day Marshall Brune was assassinated at Alvignan. End
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: of section one recording by John Vanstan Savannah, Georgia, Chapter
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: two of Celebrated Crimes, Volume seven, Part three Hurrah by
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: Alexandre Duma, translated by George Burnham Ives. This LibriVox recording
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: is in the public domain. Chapter two Corsica. Once more,
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: on the same beach at Bonnette, in the same bay
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: where he had awaited the boat in vain, still attended
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: by his band of faithful followers, we find Murah on
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: the twenty second August.
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: In the same year.
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: It was no longer by Napoleon that he would threatened.
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: It was by Louis the eighteenth that he was proscribed.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: It was no longer the military loyalty of Marshal Brune,
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: who came with tears in his eyes to give notice
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: of the orders he had received, but the ungrateful hatred
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: of Monsieur de Riviere, who had set a price forty
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: eight thousand francs on the head of the man who
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: had saved his own conspiracy of Pichagreu. Monsieur de Riviere
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: had indeed written to the ex King of Naples advising
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: him to abandon himself to the good faith and humanity
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: of the King of France, but his vague invitation had
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: not seemed sufficient guarantee to the outlaw, especially on the
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: part of one who had allowed the assassination almost before
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: his eyes, of a man who carried a safe conduct
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: signed by himself. Murt knew of the massacre of the
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: Mamelukes at Marseilles the assassination of Brune at Avignon. He
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: had been warned the day before by the police of
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: Toulon that a formal order for his arrest was out.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: Thus it was impossible that he should remain any longer
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: in France. Corsica, with its hospitable towns, its friendly mountains,
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: its impenetrable forests, was hardly fifty leagues distant. He must
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: reach Corsica and wait in its towns, mountains and forests
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: until the crowned heads of Europe should decide the fate
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: of the man they had called a brother for seven years.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: At ten o'clock at night, the king went down to
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: the shore. The boat which was to take him across
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: had not reached the rendezvous, but this time there was not.
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: The slightest fear that it would fail.
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: The bay had been reconnoitered during the day by three
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: men devoted to the fallen fortunes of the king, Monsieurs Blancard,
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: Langlada and Odonnadieu, all three naval officers, men of ability
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: and warm heart, who had sworn by their own lives
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: to convey Mura to Corsica, and who were in fact
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: risking their lives in order to accomplish their promise. Mira
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: saw the deserted shore without uneasiness. Indeed, this delay afforded
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: him a few more moments of patriotic satisfaction. On this
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: little patch of land, this strip of sand, the unhappy
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: exile clung to his mother France, for once his foot
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: touched the vessel which was to carry him away, his
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: separation from France would be long, if not eternal. He
• 28:21
  Speaker 1: started suddenly amidst these thoughts, and sighed he had just
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: perceived a sail gliding over the waves like a phantom
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: through the transparent darkness of the southern night. Then a
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: sailor's song was heard. Murrah recognized the appointed signal and
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: answered it by burning the priming of a pistol, and
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: the boat immediately ran in shore, but as she drew
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: three feet of water, she was obliged to stop ten
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: or twelve feet from the beach. Two men dashed into
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: the water and reached the beach, while a third remained
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: crouching in the stern sheets wrapped in his boat cloak. Well,
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: my good friends, said the king, going towards Blanco and
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: Langlada until he felt the waves wet his feet. The
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: moment has come, is it not. The wind is favorable,
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: the sea calm. We must get to sea, yes, answered Langlada.
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: Yes we must start. And yet perhaps it would be
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: wiser to wait till tomorrow, Why, asked Murat. Langlada did
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: not answer, but turning toward the west, he raised his
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: hand and according to the habit of sailors, he whistled
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: to call the wind. That's no good, said Donadieux, who
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: had remained in the boat.
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: Here are the first gusts.
• 29:37
  Speaker 1: You will have more than you know what to do
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: with in a minute. Take care, Langlada, take care. Sometimes
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: in calling the wind, you wake up a storm. Muras started,
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: for he thought that this warning, which rose from the sea,
• 29:51
  Speaker 1: had been given him by the spirit of the waters.
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: But the impression was a passing one, and he recovered
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: himself in a moment. All the better, he said, the
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: more wind we have, the faster we shall go, Yes,
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: answered Langlada. But God knows where it will take us
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: if it goes on shifting like this. Don't start to night, sire,
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: said Blanchard, adding his voice to those of his two companions.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: But why not you see that bank of black cloud there,
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: don't you?
• 30:25
  Speaker 4: Well?
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: At sunset it was hardly visible. Now it covers a
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: good part of the sky. In an hour there won't
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: be a star to be seen. Are you afraid, asked Mirah. Afraid,
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: answered Langlada, of what of the storm? I might as
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: well ask if your Majesty is afraid of a cannon ball.
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: We have demurred solely on your account, Sire. Do you
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: think sea dogs like ourselves would delay on account of
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: the storm. Then let us go, cried Mirah with a sigh. Goodbye, Mariure,
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: God alone can reward you for what you have done
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: for me. I am at your orders, gentlemen. At these words,
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: the two sailors seized the king and and hoisted him
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: onto their shoulders and carried him into the sea. In
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: another moment, he was on board Langlada, and Blancard sprang
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: in behind him. Don Adieu remained at the helm. The
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: two other officers undertook the management of the boat and
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: began their work by unfurling the sails. Immediately, the pinnace
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: seemed to rouse herself like a horse at the touch
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: of a spur. The sailors cast a careless glance back,
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: and Murrah, feeling that they were sailing away, turned towards
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: his host and called for a last time. You have
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: your route as far as Trieste. Don't forget my wife. Goodbye, goodbye,
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: God keep you, sire.
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: Murmured Marianne.
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: For some time, thanks to the white sail, which gleamed
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: through the darkness, he could follow with his eyes the boat,
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: which was rapidly disappearing. At last it vanished altogether. Mauan
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: lingered on the shore, though he could see nothing. Then
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: he heard a cry, made faint by the distance. It
• 32:19
  Speaker 1: was Murat's last adieu to France. When Monsieur Maeowane was
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: telling me these details one evening on the very spot
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: where it all happened, though twenty years had passed, he
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: remembered clearly the slightest incidents of the embarkation that night.
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: From that moment, he assured me that a presentiment of
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: misfortune seized him. He could not tear himself away from
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: the shore, and several times he longed to call the
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: King back, but like a man in a dream, he
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: opened his mouth without being able to utter a sound.
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: He was afraid of being thought foolish, and it was
• 32:54
  Speaker 1: not until one o'clock, that is, two and a half
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: hours after the departure of the boat, that he went
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: home with a sad.
• 33:01
  Speaker 2: And heavy heart.
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: The adventurous navigators had taken the course from Toulon to Bastia,
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: and at first it seemed to the King that the
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: sailor's predictions were belied.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: The wind, instead of getting.
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: Up, fell little by little, and two hours after the departure,
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: the boat was rocking without moving forward or backward.
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: On the waves which were sinking.
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: From moment to moment, Mirah sadly watched the phosphorescent furrow
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: trailing behind the little boat. He had nerved himself to
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: face a storm, but not a dead calm, And without
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: even interrogating his companions, of whose uneasiness he took no account,
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: he lay down in the boat, wrapped in his cloak,
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: closing his eyes as if he were asleep, and following
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: the flow of his thoughts, which were far more tumultuous
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: than that of the waters. Soon the two sailors, thinking
• 33:53
  Speaker 1: him asleep, joined the pilot, and, sitting down beside the helm,
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: they began to consult together.
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: You wrong, lungladda, said.
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: Donadieux, in choosing a craft like this, which is either
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: too small or else too big. In an open boat
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: we can never weather a storm, and without oars we
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: can never make any way in a calm. For God,
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: I had no choice. I was obliged to take what
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: I could get, And if it had not been for
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: the season for tunny fishing, I might not even have
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: got this wretched pinnace. Or rather I should have had
• 34:27
  Speaker 1: to go into the harbor to find it, and they
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: keep such a sharp lookout that I might well have
• 34:32
  Speaker 1: gone in without coming out again. At least it is seaworthy,
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: said Blankard Pardieu, do you know what nails and planks
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: are when they have been soaked in sea water for
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: ten years? On any ordinary occasion, a man would rather
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: not go in her from Marseilles to the Chateau d'If,
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: But on an occasion like this one would willingly go
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: round the world in a nutshell. Hush, said Donadieux. The
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: sailors listened. A distant growl was heard, but it was
• 35:04
  Speaker 1: so faint that only the experienced eager of a sailor
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: could have distinguished it. Yes, yes, said Langlada. It is
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: a warning for those who have legs or wings to
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: regain the homes and nests that they ought never to
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: have left.
• 35:23
  Speaker 4: Are we far from the islands.
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: Asked Donadieu quickly, about a mile off steer for them?
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: What for, asked Murah, looking up to put in their sire.
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: If we can no, no, cried Murrah, I.
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: Will not land except in Corsica. I will not leave
• 35:45
  Speaker 1: France again. Besides, the sea is calm, and the wind
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: is getting up again. Down with the sails, shouted Donadieu. Instantly,
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: Langlada and Blanchard jumped forward to carry out the order.
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: The sail down the mast and fell in a heap
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: in the bottom of the boat. What are you doing,
• 36:05
  Speaker 1: cried Murah. Do you forget that I am king and
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: that I command you? Sire, said Donadieux. There is a
• 36:14
  Speaker 1: king more powerful than you. God. There is a voice
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: which drowns yours, the voice of the tempest. Let us
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: save your majesty if possible, and demand nothing more of us.
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: Just then, a.
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: Flash of lightning quivered along the horizon. A clap of thunder,
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: nearer than the first one was heard. A light foam
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: appeared on the surface of the water, and the boat
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: trembled like a living thing. Murrah began to understand the
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: danger was approaching. He then got up, smiling, threw his
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: hat behind him, shook back his long hair, and breathed
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: in the storm like the smell of powder. The soldier
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: was ready for the battle, Sire, said Donadieux. You have
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: seen many a battle, but perhaps you have never watched
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: a storm. If you are curious about it, cling to
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: the mast, for you have a fine opportunity.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: Now what ought I.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: Do, said Mirah? Can I not help you in any way?
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: No, not just now, sire.
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: Later you will be useful at the pumps. During this dialogue,
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: the storm had drawn near. It rushed on the travelers
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: like a war horse, breathing out fire and wind through
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: its nostrils, neighing like thunder, and scattering the foam of
• 37:32
  Speaker 1: the waves beneath its feet. Don Adieu turned the rudder.
• 37:36
  Speaker 1: The boat yielded as if it understood the necessity for
• 37:39
  Speaker 1: prompt obedience, and presented the poop to the shock of wind.
• 37:43
  Speaker 1: Then the squall passed, leaving the sea quivering, and everything
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: was calm again. The storm took breath.
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: Will that gust be all?
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: Asked Mirah, No, your majesty, that was the advance guard.
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: Only the body of the army will be up directly.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: And are you not going to prepare for it? Asked
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: the king gaily. What could we do, said Donadieu. We
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: have not an inch of canvas to catch the wind,
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: and as long as we do not make too much water,
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: we shall float like a cork. Look out, sire. Indeed,
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: a second hurricane was on its way, bringing rain and lightning.
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: It was swifter than the first. Donadieu endeavored to repeat
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: the same maneuver, but he could not turn before the
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: wind struck the boat and the mast bent like a reed,
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: and the boat shipped a wave to the pumps. Cried, donadieu, sire,
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: now is the moment to help us. Blanchard, Langlada Murah
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: seized their hats and began to bail out the boat.
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: The position of the four men was terrible. It lasted
• 38:55
  Speaker 1: three hours. At dawn, the wind fell, but the sea
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: was still high. They began to feel the need of food.
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: All the provisions had been spoiled by sea water. Only
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: the wine had been preserved from its contact. The king
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: took a bottle and swallowed a little wine first, then
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: he passed it to his companions, who drank in their turn.
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: Necessity had overcome etiquette. By chance, among Lada had on
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: him a few chocolates, which he offered to the king.
• 39:25
  Speaker 1: Murat divided them into four equal parts and forced his
• 39:28
  Speaker 1: companions to take their shares. Then, when the meal was over,
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: they steered for Corsica. But the boat had suffered so
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: much that it was improbable that it would reach Bastia.
• 39:39
  Speaker 1: The whole day passed without making ten miles. The boat
• 39:42
  Speaker 1: was kept under the jib, as they dared not hoist
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: the mainsail, and the wind was so variable that much
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: time was lost in humoring its caprices. By evening, the
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: boat had drawn a considerable amount of water. It penetrated
• 39:57
  Speaker 1: between the boards. The handkerchiefs of the crews deserved to
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: plug up the leaks, and night, which was descending in
• 40:04
  Speaker 1: mournful gloom, wrapped them a second time.
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: In darkness.
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: Prostrated with fatigue, Ura fell asleep. Blanchard and Langlada took
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: their places beside don Adieux, and the three men, who
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: seemed insensible to the calls of sleep and fatigue, watched
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: over his slumbers. The night was calm enough, apparently below
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: grumblings were heard now and then the three sailors looked
• 40:29
  Speaker 1: at each other strangely, and then at the king, who
• 40:32
  Speaker 1: was sleeping at the bottom of the boat, his cloak
• 40:35
  Speaker 1: soaked with sea water, sleeping as soundly as he had
• 40:38
  Speaker 1: slept on the sands of Egypt or the snows of Russia.
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: Then one of them got up and went to the
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: other end of the boat, whistling between his teeth a
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: provencal air. Then, after examining the sky, the waves, and
• 40:51
  Speaker 1: the boat, he went back to his comrades and sat down,
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: muttering impossible except by a miracle we shall never make
• 41:00
  Speaker 1: the land. The night passed through all its phases. At
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: dawn there was a vessel in sight. A sail cried,
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: Donadieu a sail. At this cry, the king awoke, and
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: soon a little treating brig hove in sight, going from
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: Corsica to Toulon. Donadieux steered for the brig. Blanchard hoisted
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: enough sail to work the boat, and Langlada ran to
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: the prow and held up the King's cloak on the end.
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: Of a sort of harpoon.
• 41:31
  Speaker 1: Soon the voyagers perceived that they had been sighted. The
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: brig went about to approach them, and in ten minutes
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: they found themselves within fifty yards of it. The captain
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: appeared in the bows. Then the king hailed him and
• 41:43
  Speaker 1: offered him a substantial reward if he would receive them
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: on board and take them to Corsica. The captain listened
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: to the proposal, then, immediately turning to the crew, he
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: gave an order in an undertone which Donadieux could not hear,
• 41:57
  Speaker 1: but which he understood, probably by the gesture, for he
• 42:00
  Speaker 1: instantly gave Langlada and Blanchard the order to make away
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: from the schooner. They obeyed with the unquestioning promptitude of sailors.
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: But the king stamped his foot. What are you doing, donnado,
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: What are you about? Don't you see that she is
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: coming up to us? Yes, upon my soul, she is
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: do as I say, Langlada, ready, blanchard. Yes, she is
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: coming upon us. And perhaps I was too late in
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: seeing this. Oh that's all right, that's all right my
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: part now. Then he forced over the rudder, giving it
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: so violent a jerk that the boat, forced to change
• 42:38
  Speaker 1: her course, suddenly seemed to rear and plunge like a
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: horse struggling against the curb. Finally she obeyed. A huge
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: wave raised by the giant bearing down on the pinnace
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: carried it on like a leaf, and the brig passed
• 42:52
  Speaker 1: within a few feet of the stern. Ah traitor, cried
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: the King, who had only just begun to realized the
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: intention of the captain. At the same time. He pulled
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: a pistol from his belt, crying board her board her,
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: and tried to fire on the brig, but the powder
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: was wet and would not catch. The King was furious
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: and went on shouting board her board her, Yes, the wretch,
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: or rather the imbecile, said Donadieu. He took us for
• 43:26
  Speaker 1: pirates and wanted to sink us, as if we needed
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: him to do that. Indeed, a single glance at the
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: boat showed that she was beginning to make water. The
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: effort to escape which Donadhu had made had strained the
• 43:40
  Speaker 1: boat terribly. Then the water was pouring in by a
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: number of leaks between the planks. They had to begin
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: again bailing out with their hats, and went on at
• 43:50
  Speaker 1: it for ten hours. Then, for the second time, Donadu
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: heard the consoling cry A sail, a sail. The King
• 43:59
  Speaker 1: and his companions immediately left off bailing. They hoisted the
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: sails again and steered for the vessel which was coming
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: toward them, and neglected to fight against the water which
• 44:07
  Speaker 1: was rising rapidly. From that time forth, it was a
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: question of time of minutes of seconds. It was a
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: question of reaching the ship before the boat foundered. The vessel, however,
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: seemed to understand the desperate position of the men imploring help.
• 44:23
  Speaker 1: She was coming up at full speed. Langlada was the
• 44:26
  Speaker 1: first to recognize her. She was a government felucca applying
• 44:30
  Speaker 1: between Toulon and Bastia. Lang Lada was a friend of
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: the captain, and he called his name with the penetrating
• 44:36
  Speaker 1: voice of desperation, and he was heard. It was high time.
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: The water kept on rising, and the king and his
• 44:43
  Speaker 1: companions were already up to their knees. The boat groaned
• 44:46
  Speaker 1: in its death struggle. It stood still and began to
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: go round and round. Just then two or three ropes
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: thrown from the felucca fell upon the boat. The King
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: seized one, sprang forward and reached the rope.
• 45:01
  Speaker 2: He was saved.
• 45:02
  Speaker 1: Blanchard and Langlada immediately followed. Donadieu waited until the last,
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: as was his duty, and as he put his foot
• 45:10
  Speaker 1: on the ladder, he felt the other boat begin to
• 45:12
  Speaker 1: go under. He turned round with all a sailor's calm
• 45:15
  Speaker 1: and saw the golf ope and its jaws beneath him.
• 45:17
  Speaker 1: And then the shattered boat capsized and immediately disappeared. Five
• 45:23
  Speaker 1: seconds more, and the four men who were saved would
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: have been lost beyond recall. These details are well known
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: to the people of Toulon, and I have heard them
• 45:32
  Speaker 1: myself a score of times during the two stays that
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: I made in that town during eighteen thirty four and
• 45:39
  Speaker 1: eighteen thirty five. Some of the people who related them
• 45:42
  Speaker 1: had them first hand from Langlada and Donadieue themselves. Murad
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: had hardly gained the deck before a man came and
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: fell at his feet. It was a mameluke, whom he
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: had taken the Egypt in former years and had since
• 45:55
  Speaker 1: married at Castela Mare. Business affairs had taken him to Marseilles,
• 46:00
  Speaker 1: whereby a miracle he had escaped the massacre of his comrades,
• 46:03
  Speaker 1: and in spite of his disguise and fatigue, he had
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: recognized his former master. His exclamations of joy prevented the
• 46:10
  Speaker 1: king from keeping up his incognito. Then Senator Casabianca, Captain Oletta,
• 46:16
  Speaker 1: and nephew of Prince Bacchiochi, a staff paymaster called Boeco,
• 46:21
  Speaker 1: who were themselves fleeing from the massacres of the south,
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: were all on board the vessel, and improvising a little court,
• 46:28
  Speaker 1: they greeted the king with the title of your Majesty.
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: It had been a sudden embarkation. It brought about a
• 46:35
  Speaker 1: swift change. He was no longer a Murah the exile.
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: He was Joaquim, the King of Naples. The exile's refuge disappeared,
• 46:45
  Speaker 1: with the foundered boat in its place. Naples and its
• 46:48
  Speaker 1: magnificent gulf appeared on the horizon like a marvelous mirage,
• 46:52
  Speaker 1: and no doubt the primary idea of the fatal expedition
• 46:55
  Speaker 1: of Calabria was originated in the first days of exultation
• 47:00
  Speaker 1: which followed those hours of anguish. The king, however, still
• 47:05
  Speaker 1: uncertain of the welcome which awaited him in Corsica, took
• 47:08
  Speaker 1: the name of the Count of Campomele, and it was
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: under this name that he landed at Bastia on the
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: twenty fifth August. But this precaution was useless. Three days
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: after his arrival, not a soul but knew of his
• 47:21
  Speaker 1: presence in the town. Crowds gathered at once and cries
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: of long live Joaquim were heard, and the king, fearing
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: to disturb the public peace, left Bastia the same evening
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: with his three companions and his mameluke. Two hours later,
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: he arrived at Viscovato and knocked at the door of
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: General Francescaccidi, who had been in his service during his
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: whole reign, and who leaving Naples at the same time
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: as the king, had gone to Corsica with his wife
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: to live with his father in law, Mosche Colonna Chicaldi.
• 47:53
  Speaker 1: He was in the middle of supper when a servant
• 47:55
  Speaker 1: told him that a stranger was asking to speak to him.
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: He went out and found Murah wrap in a military greatcoat,
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: a sailor's cap drawn down on his head, his beard
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: grown long, and wearing a soldier's trousers, boots and gaiters.
• 48:09
  Speaker 1: The general stood still in amazement. Murrat fixed his great,
• 48:14
  Speaker 1: dark eyes on him, and then folding his arms, Francisctti said,
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: he have you room at your table for your general
• 48:22
  Speaker 1: who is hungry.
• 48:23
  Speaker 2: Have you a shelter under your.
• 48:25
  Speaker 1: Roof for your king, who is an exile. Francisctti looked
• 48:30
  Speaker 1: astonished as he recognized Joachim, and could only answer him
• 48:33
  Speaker 1: by falling on his knees and kissing his hand. From
• 48:36
  Speaker 1: that moment, the general's house was at Mura's disposal. The
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: news of the king's arrival had hardly been handed about
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: the neighborhood before officers of all ranks hastened to Viscovato
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: veterans who had fought under him, Corsican hunters who were
• 48:50
  Speaker 1: attracted by his adventurous character. In a few days, the
• 48:54
  Speaker 1: general's house was turned into a palace, the village into
• 48:58
  Speaker 1: a royal capital, the island into a kingdom. Strange rumors
• 49:02
  Speaker 1: were heard concerning Mura's intentions. An army of nine hundred
• 49:07
  Speaker 1: men helped to give them some amount of confirmation. It
• 49:10
  Speaker 1: was then that Blancarde, don Adieu and Langlada took leave
• 49:13
  Speaker 1: of him. Mura wished to keep them, but they had
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: been bowed to the rescue of the exile, not to
• 49:19
  Speaker 1: the fortunes of the king. We have related how Murat
• 49:22
  Speaker 1: had met one of his former mamelukes, a man called Othello,
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: on board the Bastia mail boat. Othello had followed him
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: to Viscovato, and the ex king of Naples considered how
• 49:32
  Speaker 1: to make use of him. Family relations recalled him naturally
• 49:36
  Speaker 1: to castel a Mare, and Murah ordered him to return
• 49:39
  Speaker 1: there in trusting to him letters for persons on whose
• 49:42
  Speaker 1: devotion he could depend. Othello started and reached his father
• 49:46
  Speaker 1: in laws safely, and thought he could confide in him,
• 49:49
  Speaker 1: But the latter was horror struck and alarmed the police,
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: who made a descent on Othello one night and seized
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: the letters the next day, each man to whom a
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: letter addressed, was arrested and ordered to answer Mirah as
• 50:02
  Speaker 1: if all was well, and to point out Salerno as
• 50:06
  Speaker 1: the best place for disembarking. Five out of seven were
• 50:09
  Speaker 1: dastards enough to obey. The two remaining, who were two
• 50:13
  Speaker 1: Spanish brothers, absolutely refused. They were thrown into a dungeon. However,
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: on the seventeenth September, Mura left Viscovato. General Francescidi and
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: several Corsican officers served as escort. He took the road
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: to Ajacchio by Catone, the mountains of Serra and Bosco
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: Finaco and Vivarro, by the gorges of the forest of
• 50:34
  Speaker 1: Vezzanovo and Boggnone, where he was received and feted like
• 50:39
  Speaker 1: a king. Everywhere, and at the gates of the towns
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: he was met by deputations, who made him speeches and
• 50:45
  Speaker 1: saluted him with the title of Majesty. At last, on
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: the twenty third September, he arrived at Ajacchio. The whole
• 50:52
  Speaker 1: population awaited him outside the walls, and his entry into
• 50:55
  Speaker 1: the town was a triumphal procession. He was taken to
• 50:59
  Speaker 1: the inn, which had been fixed upon beforehand by the quartermasters.
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: It was enough to turn the head of a man
• 51:05
  Speaker 1: less impressionable than Murah. As for him, he was intoxicated
• 51:09
  Speaker 1: with it. As he went into the inn, he held
• 51:12
  Speaker 1: out his hand to Francescidi. You see, he said, what
• 51:17
  Speaker 1: the Neapolitans will do for me by the way the
• 51:19
  Speaker 1: Corsicans receive me. It was the first mention which had
• 51:23
  Speaker 1: escaped him of his plans for the future, and from
• 51:26
  Speaker 1: that very day he began to give orders for his departure.
• 51:30
  Speaker 1: They collected ten little feluccas. A Maltese named Barbara, former
• 51:35
  Speaker 1: captain of a frigate of the Neapolitan navy, was appointed
• 51:39
  Speaker 1: commander in chief of the expedition. Two hundred and fifty
• 51:42
  Speaker 1: men were recruited and ordered to hold themselves in readiness
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: for the first signal. Mura was only waiting for the
• 51:49
  Speaker 1: answers to Othello's letters. They arrived on the afternoon of
• 51:52
  Speaker 1: the twenty eighth. Murat invited all his officers to a
• 51:55
  Speaker 1: grand dinner and ordered double pay in double rations to
• 51:59
  Speaker 1: the men. The king was at dessert when the arrival
• 52:02
  Speaker 1: of Monsieur Maseroni was announced to him. He was the
• 52:05
  Speaker 1: envoy of the foreign powers who brought Murat the answer
• 52:08
  Speaker 1: which he had been awaiting so long. At Toula, Miurt
• 52:11
  Speaker 1: left the table and went into another room. Monsieur Maseroni
• 52:15
  Speaker 1: introduced himself as charged with an official mission, and headed
• 52:19
  Speaker 1: the King the Emperor of Austria's ultimatum. It was couched
• 52:23
  Speaker 1: in the following terms. Monsieur Maseroni is authorized by these
• 52:28
  Speaker 1: presents to announce to King Joaquime that his Majesty, the
• 52:31
  Speaker 1: Emperor of Austria, will afford him shelter in his states
• 52:35
  Speaker 1: on the following terms. One, the King is to take
• 52:39
  Speaker 1: a private name, the Queen having adopted that of Leppano.
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: It is proposed that the King should do likewise. Two
• 52:48
  Speaker 1: it will be permitted to the King to choose a
• 52:50
  Speaker 1: town in Bohemia, Moravia or the Tyrol as a place
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: of residence. He could even inhabit a country house in
• 52:56
  Speaker 1: one of these same provinces without inconvenience. Three, the King
• 53:02
  Speaker 1: is to give his word of honor to his Imperial
• 53:04
  Speaker 1: and royal Majesty that he will never leave the states
• 53:07
  Speaker 1: of Austria without the express permission of the Emperor, and
• 53:11
  Speaker 1: that he is to live like a private gentleman of distinction,
• 53:14
  Speaker 1: but submitting to the laws in force in the States
• 53:17
  Speaker 1: of Austria, in attestation whereof and to guard against abuse.
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: The undersigned has received the order of the Emperor to
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: sign the present declaration, Signed Prince of Metternich, Paris, first
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: September eighteen fifteen. Murat smiled as he finished reading. Then
• 53:37
  Speaker 1: he signed to Monsieur Masseroni to follow him. He led
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: him on to the terrace of the house, which overlooked
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: the whole town, and over which a banner floated, as
• 53:45
  Speaker 1: it might on a royal castle. From thence they could
• 53:48
  Speaker 1: see a jacchio, all gay and illuminated, the port with
• 53:52
  Speaker 1: its little fleet, and the streets crowded with people, as
• 53:55
  Speaker 1: if it were a fete day. Hardly had the crowd
• 53:58
  Speaker 1: set eyes on Murat before a universal cry arose, Long
• 54:02
  Speaker 1: live Joaquim, brother of Napoleon, Long live the King of Naples.
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: Mirat bowed, and the shouts were redoubled, and the garrison
• 54:12
  Speaker 1: band played the national airs. Monsieur Masseroni did not know
• 54:16
  Speaker 1: how to believe his own eyes and ears. When the
• 54:19
  Speaker 1: King had enjoyed his astonishment, he invited him to go
• 54:22
  Speaker 1: down to the drawing room. His staff were there, all
• 54:26
  Speaker 1: in full uniform. One might have been at Caeserte or
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: at Capo di Monte. At last, after a moment's hesitation,
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: Masseroni approached Murrah. Sir, He said, what is my answer
• 54:41
  Speaker 1: to be to his majesty the Emperor of Austria. Sir
• 54:46
  Speaker 1: answered Murrah with the lofty dignity which sat so well
• 54:50
  Speaker 1: on his fine face, Tell my brother Francis, why you
• 54:54
  Speaker 1: have seen and heard and ad that I am setting
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: out this very night to reconquer my kingdom of Naples.
• 55:03
  Speaker 1: End of chapter two recording by John Vanstan Savannah, Georgia.
• 55:14
  Speaker 1: Chapter three of Celebrated Crimes, Volume seven, Part three, Mirah
• 55:18
  Speaker 1: by Alexandre Dumah, translated by George Burnham ives this LibriVox
• 55:22
  Speaker 1: recordings in the public domain. Chapter three Pizzo. The letters
• 55:28
  Speaker 1: which had made Mirah resolve to leave Corsica had been
• 55:31
  Speaker 1: brought to him by a Calaprian named Luigi. He had
• 55:35
  Speaker 1: presented himself to the king as the envoy of the
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: arab Othello, who had been thrown into prison in Naples.
• 55:41
  Speaker 1: As we have related, as well as the seven recipients
• 55:44
  Speaker 1: of the letters, the answers written by the head of
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: the Neapolitan police indicated the port of Salerno as the
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: best place for Joaquim de Land, for King Ferdinand had
• 55:54
  Speaker 1: assembled three thousand Austrian troops at that point, not daring
• 55:58
  Speaker 1: to trust the Neapolitans soldiers who cherished a brilliant and
• 56:01
  Speaker 1: enthusiastic memory of Neah. Accordingly, leaf flotilla was directed for
• 56:07
  Speaker 1: the Gulf of Salerno, but within sight of the island
• 56:10
  Speaker 1: of Capri, a violent storm broke over it and drove
• 56:13
  Speaker 1: it as far as Paola, a little seaport situated ten
• 56:17
  Speaker 1: miles from Cosenza. Consequently, the vessels were anchored for the
• 56:21
  Speaker 1: night of the fifth of October in a little indentation
• 56:24
  Speaker 1: of the coast not worthy of the name of a roadstead.
• 56:28
  Speaker 1: The King, to remove all suspicion from the coast guards
• 56:30
  Speaker 1: and the Sicilian Skrritori, small vessels fitted up as ships
• 56:35
  Speaker 1: of war, ordered that all lights should be extinguished and
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: that the vessels should tack about during the night. But
• 56:42
  Speaker 1: towards one o'clock such a violent land wind sprang up
• 56:45
  Speaker 1: that the expedition was driven out to sea, so that
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: on the sixth, at dawn, the King's vessel was alone.
• 56:53
  Speaker 1: During the morning, they overhauled Captain Kichoni's Felucca, and the
• 56:57
  Speaker 1: two ships dropped anchor at four o'clock in sight of
• 57:00
  Speaker 1: Santo Lucido. In the evening, the king commanded Attoviani, a
• 57:05
  Speaker 1: staff officer, to go ashore and reconnoiter. Luigi offered to
• 57:09
  Speaker 1: accompany him. Mirah accepted his services, so Attoviani and his
• 57:14
  Speaker 1: guide went ashore, whiles Gishoni and his felucca put out
• 57:18
  Speaker 1: to sea in search of the rest of the fleet.
• 57:20
  Speaker 1: Towards eleven o'clock at night, the lieutenant of the watch
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: decried a man in the wave swimming to the vessel.
• 57:27
  Speaker 1: As soon as he was within hearing, the lieutenant hailed him.
• 57:30
  Speaker 1: The swimmer immediately made himself known. It was Luigi. They
• 57:34
  Speaker 1: put out the boat and he came on board. Then
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: he told them that Attoviani had been arrested, and he
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: had only escaped himself by jumping into the sea. Mura's
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: first idea was to go to the rescue of Attoviani,
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: but Luigi made the king realize the danger and uselessness
• 57:51
  Speaker 1: of such an attempt. Nevertheless, Joaquim remained agitated and irresolute
• 57:56
  Speaker 1: until two o'clock in the morning. At last, he gave
• 58:00
  Speaker 1: the order to put out to sea again. During the
• 58:02
  Speaker 1: maneuver which affected this, a sailor fell overboard and disappeared
• 58:06
  Speaker 1: before they had time to help him.
• 58:08
  Speaker 2: Decidedly these were ill omens.
• 58:11
  Speaker 1: On the morning of the seventh two vessels were in sight.
• 58:15
  Speaker 1: The King gave the order to prepare for action, but
• 58:17
  Speaker 1: Barbara recognized them as Qichoni's Felucca and Koran's Luger, which
• 58:22
  Speaker 1: had joined each other and were keeping each other company.
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: They hoisted the necessary signals and the two captains brought
• 58:27
  Speaker 1: up their vessels alongside the admirals. While they were deliberating
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: as to what route to follow, a boat came up
• 58:33
  Speaker 1: to Mara's vessel. Captain Pernicche was on board with a lieutenant.
• 58:38
  Speaker 1: They came to ask the King's permission to board his ship,
• 58:40
  Speaker 1: not wishing to remain on Koran's, for in their opinion,
• 58:44
  Speaker 1: he was a trader. Mura sent to fetch him, and
• 58:48
  Speaker 1: in spite of his protestations, he was made to descend
• 58:51
  Speaker 1: into a boat with fifty men, and the boat was moored.
• 58:54
  Speaker 2: To the vessel.
• 58:55
  Speaker 1: The order was carried out at once, and the little
• 58:57
  Speaker 1: squadron advanced, coasting along the shop or Calabria without losing
• 59:01
  Speaker 1: sight of them. But at ten o'clock in the evening,
• 59:04
  Speaker 1: just as they came abreast of the Gulf of Santa Euphemia,
• 59:08
  Speaker 1: Captain Korand cut the rope which moored his boat to
• 59:11
  Speaker 1: the vessel, and rowed away from the fleet. Murah had
• 59:14
  Speaker 1: thrown himself on to his bed without undressing. They brought
• 59:17
  Speaker 1: him the news. He rushed up to the deck and
• 59:20
  Speaker 1: arrived in time to see the boat, which was fleeing
• 59:23
  Speaker 1: in the direction of Corsica, grow small and vanish in
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: the distance. He remained motionless, not uttering a cry, giving
• 59:31
  Speaker 1: no signs of rage. He only sighed and let his
• 59:35
  Speaker 1: head fall on his breast. It was one more leaf
• 59:38
  Speaker 1: falling from the exhausted tree of his hopes. General Francescetti
• 59:43
  Speaker 1: profited by this hour of discouragement to advise him not
• 59:47
  Speaker 1: to land in Calabria and to go direct to Trieste
• 59:50
  Speaker 1: in order to claim from Austria the refuge which had
• 59:53
  Speaker 1: been offered. The king was going through one of those
• 59:57
  Speaker 1: periods of extreme exhaustion of more depression when courage quite
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 1: gives way. He refused flatly at first, and there at
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 1: last agreed to do it. Just then the General perceived
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: a sailor lying on some coils of rope. Within hearing
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: of all they said, he interrupted himself and pointed him
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 1: out to Mura. The latter got up, went to see
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: the man and recognized Luigi. Overcome with exhaustion, he had
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: fallen asleep on deck. The king satisfied himself that the
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 1: sleep was genuine, and besides he had full confidence in
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 1: the man. The conversation, which had been interrupted for a moment.
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 2: Was renewed.
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 1: It was agreed that, without saying anything about the new plans,
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 1: they would clear Cape Spartvento and enter the Adriatic. Then
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 1: the King and the general went below again to the
• 1:00:46
  Speaker 1: lower deck. The next day, the eighth October, they found
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 1: themselves abreast of Pizzo. When Joaquim, questioned by Barbara as
• 1:00:54
  Speaker 1: to what he proposed to do, gave the order to
• 1:00:56
  Speaker 1: steer for Messina. Barbara answered that he was ready to obey,
• 1:01:01
  Speaker 1: but that they were in need of food and water. Consequently,
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 1: he offered to go on Boyed Kichoni's vessel and to
• 1:01:08
  Speaker 1: land with him to get stores.
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 2: The king agreed.
• 1:01:11
  Speaker 1: Barbara asked for the passports which he had received from
• 1:01:14
  Speaker 1: the allied powers, in order he said not to be
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 1: molested by the local authorities. These documents were too important
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 1: for Mura to consent to part with them. Perhaps the
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 1: king was beginning to suspect he refused. Barbara insisted. Murat
• 1:01:30
  Speaker 1: ordered him to land without the papers, and Barbara flatly refused.
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 1: The king, accustomed to being obeyed, raised his riding whip
• 1:01:38
  Speaker 1: to strike the Maltese, but changing his resolution, he ordered
• 1:01:41
  Speaker 1: the soldiers to prepare their arms, the officers to put
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 1: on full uniform. He himself set the example. The disembarkation
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 1: was decided upon, and Pizzo was to become the Gulfwuan
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 1: of the new Napoleon. Consequently, the vessels were steered for land.
• 1:01:58
  Speaker 1: The king got down into a boat with twenty eight
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 1: soldiers and three servants, amongst whom was Luigi.
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 2: As they drew near the.
• 1:02:05
  Speaker 1: Shore, General Franceschetti made a movement as if to land,
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 1: but Mura stopped him. It is for me to land first,
• 1:02:13
  Speaker 1: he said, and he sprang on shore. He was jested
• 1:02:17
  Speaker 1: at a general's coat, to white breeches and riding boots,
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 1: a belt carrying two pistols, a gold embroidered hat with
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 1: a cockade fastened in with a clasp made of fourteen brilliants,
• 1:02:27
  Speaker 1: and lastly he carried under his arm the banner round
• 1:02:30
  Speaker 1: which he hoped to rally his partisans. The town clock
• 1:02:33
  Speaker 1: of Pizzeaut struck ten. Mura went straight up to the town,
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 1: from which he was hardly one hundred yards distant. He
• 1:02:41
  Speaker 1: followed the wide stone staircase which led up to it.
• 1:02:44
  Speaker 1: It was Sunday mass was about to be celebrated, and
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 1: the whole population had assembled in the great square. When
• 1:02:50
  Speaker 1: he arrived. No one recognized him, and everyone gazed with
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 1: astonishment at the fine officer. Presently, he saw amongst the
• 1:02:58
  Speaker 1: peasants a former sergeant of his who had served in
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 1: his guard at Naples. He walked straight up to him
• 1:03:03
  Speaker 1: and put his hand on the man's shoulder. Tavella, he said,
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 1: don't you recognize me? But as the man made no answer,
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 1: I am Joaquim Hurrah, I am your king, he said,
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 1: yours be the honor to shout long live Joaquim.
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 2: First.
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 1: Mirah's sweet instantly made the air ring with acclamations, but
• 1:03:27
  Speaker 1: the Kalabrians remained silent, and not one of his comrades
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 1: took up the cry for which the king himself had
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 1: given the signal. On the contrary, a low murmur ran
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 1: through the crowd. Mirah well understood this forerunner of the
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 1: storm well, he said to Tavella, if you won't cry
• 1:03:46
  Speaker 1: long live Joaquim, you can at least fetch me a horse,
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 1: and from sergeant I will promote you to be captain.
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 1: Tavella walked away without answering, but instead of carrying out
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 1: the king's behest, went into his house and did not
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 1: appear again. In the meantime, the people were massing together
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 1: without evincing any of the sympathy that the king had
• 1:04:06
  Speaker 1: hoped for. He felt that he was lost if he
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 1: did not act instantly to Montellioni, he cried, springing forward
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 1: towards the road which led to that town. Two Montalioni
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 1: shouted his officers and men as they followed him, and
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 1: the crowd, persistently silent, opened to let them pass. But
• 1:04:26
  Speaker 1: they had hardly left the square before a great disturbance
• 1:04:29
  Speaker 1: broke out. A man named Georgio Pelogrino came out of
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 1: his house with a gun and crossed the square, shouting,
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 1: to your arms. He knew that Captain trent A Cappelli,
• 1:04:40
  Speaker 1: commanding the Consenza garrison was just then in Pizzo, and
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 1: was going to warn him. The cry two arms had
• 1:04:49
  Speaker 1: more effect on the crowd than the cry long live joacquim.
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: Every Calabrian possesses a gun, and each one ran to fetches,
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 1: And when trent A Cappelli and Giorgio Pelogrino came back
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 1: to the square, they found nearly two hundred armed men there.
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 1: They placed themselves at the head of the column and
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 1: hastened forward in pursuit of the king. They came up
• 1:05:09
  Speaker 1: with him about ten minutes from the square where the
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 1: bridges nowadays. Seeing them, Mura stopped and waited for them.
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 1: Trento Cappelli advanced sword in hand toward the king. Sir
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 1: said the latter, will you exchange your captain's epaulets for
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 1: a general's cry long live joquim, and follow me with
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 1: these brave fellows to Montellione. Sire, said trent A Cappelli.
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 1: We are the faithful subjects of King Ferdinand, and we
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 1: come to fight you and not to bear you company.
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 1: Give yourself up if you would prevent bloodshed. Murat looked
• 1:05:48
  Speaker 1: at the captain with an expression which it would be
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 1: impossible to describe. Then, without deigning to answer, he signed
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 1: to Cajelli to move away, while his other hand went
• 1:05:57
  Speaker 1: to his pistol. Giorgio Pelgrine know perceive the movement. Down, Captain, Down,
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 1: he cried.
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 2: The captain obeyed.
• 1:06:06
  Speaker 1: Immediately a bullet whistled over his head and brushed Murra's head. Fire,
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 1: commanded Franciscuetti. Down with your arms, cried Murrah, waving his
• 1:06:19
  Speaker 1: handkerchief in his right hand.
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 2: He made a step toward the peasants.
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 1: But at the same moment a number of shots were fired.
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 1: An officer and two or three men fell. In a
• 1:06:29
  Speaker 1: case like this, when blood has begun to flow, there
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 1: is no stopping it. Murt knew this fatal truth, and
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 1: his course of action was rapidly decided on. Before him
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 1: he had five hundred armed men and behind him a
• 1:06:41
  Speaker 1: precipice thirty feet high. He sprang from the jagged rock
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 1: on which he was standing, and, alighting on the sand,
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 1: jumped up, safe and sound. General Franciscetti and his aide
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 1: de camp Campana were able to accomplish the jump in
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 1: the same way, and all three went rapidly down to
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 1: the sea through the little wood which lay within a
• 1:06:59
  Speaker 1: hundred yards of the shore, and which hid them for
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 1: a few moments from their enemies. As they came out
• 1:07:05
  Speaker 1: of the wood, a fresh discharge greeted them. Bullets whistled
• 1:07:08
  Speaker 1: round them, but no one was hit, and the three
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 1: fugitives went on down to the beach. It was only
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 1: then that the king perceived that the boat which had
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 1: brought them to land had gone off again. The three
• 1:07:19
  Speaker 1: ships which composed the fleet, far from remaining to guard
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 1: his landing, were sailing away at full speed into the
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 1: open ocean. The Maltese Barbara was going off not only
• 1:07:29
  Speaker 1: with Muyora's fortune, but his hopes, likewise, his salvation, his
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 1: very life. They could not believe in such treachery, and
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 1: the king took it for some maneuver of seamanship, And,
• 1:07:41
  Speaker 1: seeing a fishing boat drawn up on the beach and
• 1:07:43
  Speaker 1: some nets, he called to his two companions.
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 2: Launch the boat.
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 1: They all began to push it down the sea with
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 1: the energy of despair, the strength of agony. No one
• 1:07:54
  Speaker 1: had dared to leap from the rock in pursuit of them.
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 1: Their enemies, forced to make a detour, left them a
• 1:07:58
  Speaker 1: few moments of liberty, but soon shouts were heard Georgio Pelogrino,
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 1: Trento Capelli, followed by the whole population of Pizzo, rushed
• 1:08:08
  Speaker 1: out about a hundred and fifty paces from where Murat,
• 1:08:10
  Speaker 1: Francisquetti and Campana were straining themselves to make the boat
• 1:08:14
  Speaker 1: glide down the sand. These cries were immediately followed by
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 1: a volley. Campana fell with a bullet through his heart.
• 1:08:22
  Speaker 1: The boat, however, was launched Francisquetti sprang into it. Mirah
• 1:08:26
  Speaker 1: was about to follow, but he had not observed that
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 1: the spurs of his riding boots had caught in the
• 1:08:30
  Speaker 1: meshes of the net. The boat, yielding to the push
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 1: he gave, it glided away, and the king fell head foremost,
• 1:08:37
  Speaker 1: with his feet on land and his face in the water.
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 1: Before he had time to pick himself up, the populace
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 1: had fallen on him, and one instant they had torn
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 1: away as epaulets, his banner and his coat, and would
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 1: have torn him to bits himself, had not Georgio Pelogrino
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 1: and Trento Capelli taken him under their protection, and, giving
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 1: him an arm on each side, defended him in their
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 1: turn against the people. Thus he crossed the square as
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 1: a prisoner, where an hour before he had walked as
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 1: a king. His captors took him to the castle. He
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 1: was pushed into the common prison. The door was shut
• 1:09:10
  Speaker 1: upon him, and the king found himself among thieves and murderers, who,
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 1: not knowing him, took him for a companion in crime,
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 1: and greeted him with foul language and hoots of derision.
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 1: A quarter of an hour later, the door of the
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 1: jail opened and Commander Matai came in. He found Murah
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 1: standing with head proudly erect and folded arms. There was
• 1:09:31
  Speaker 1: an expression of indefinable loftiness in this half naked man,
• 1:09:35
  Speaker 1: whose face was stained with blood and bespattered with mud.
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 1: Matai bowed before him, Commander said Murah, recognizing his rank
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 1: by his epaulets, look round you and tell me whether
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 1: this is a prison for a king. Then a strange
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 1: thing happened. The criminals, who, believing Murah their accomplice, had
• 1:09:56
  Speaker 1: welcomed him with vociferations and laughter, now bent before his
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 1: royal majesty, which had not overawed Pellegrino and trent Acappelli,
• 1:10:05
  Speaker 1: and retired silently to the depths of their dungeon. Misfortune
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 1: had invested Murah with a new power. Commander Matai murmured
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 1: some excuse and invited Murrah to follow him to a
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 1: room that he had had prepared for him. But before
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 1: going out, Murrah put his hand in his pocket and
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 1: pulled out a handful of gold and let it fall
• 1:10:25
  Speaker 1: in a shower in the midst of the jail. See,
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 1: he said, turning toward the prisoners. It shall not be
• 1:10:32
  Speaker 1: said that you have received a visit from a king
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 1: prisoner and crownless as he is, without having received largesse.
• 1:10:41
  Speaker 1: Long live, Joaquim, cried the prisoners. Nera smiled bitterly. Those
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 1: same words, repeated by the same number of voices an
• 1:10:50
  Speaker 1: hour before in the public square, instead of resounding in
• 1:10:53
  Speaker 1: the prison, would have made him King of Naples. The
• 1:10:57
  Speaker 1: most important events proceed sometimes from such mere trifles that
• 1:11:01
  Speaker 1: it seems as if God and the devil must throw
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 1: dice for the life or death of men. For the
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 1: rise are a fall of empires. Nura followed Commander Mattai.
• 1:11:11
  Speaker 1: He led him to a little room which the porter
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 1: had put at his disposal, But Sai was going to
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 1: retire when Murat caught him back. Commander he said, I
• 1:11:21
  Speaker 1: want a scented bath, Sire, it will be difficult to obtain.
• 1:11:28
  Speaker 2: Here are fifty ducats.
• 1:11:29
  Speaker 1: Let someone buy all the eau de cologne that can
• 1:11:32
  Speaker 1: be obtained, Ah, and let some tailors be sent to me.
• 1:11:37
  Speaker 1: It will be impossible to find anyone here capable of
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 1: making anything but a peasant's clothes. Send some one to
• 1:11:45
  Speaker 1: Montalioni to fetch them. From there. The commander bowed and
• 1:11:49
  Speaker 1: went out. Mura was in his bath when the La
• 1:11:53
  Speaker 1: Valliere Alcala was announced and a general and governor of
• 1:11:56
  Speaker 1: the town he had sent damask, coverlets, curtains and armchairs.
• 1:12:01
  Speaker 1: Mirah was touched by this attention, and it gave him
• 1:12:04
  Speaker 1: fresh composure. At two o'clock the same day, General Nunciante
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 1: arrived from Santa Tropea with three thousand men. Mirat greeted
• 1:12:13
  Speaker 1: his old acquaintance with pleasure, but at the first word
• 1:12:15
  Speaker 1: the king perceived that he was before his judge, and
• 1:12:18
  Speaker 1: that he had not come for the purpose of making
• 1:12:21
  Speaker 1: a visit, but to make an official inquiry. Mirah contented
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 1: himself with stating that he had been on his way
• 1:12:27
  Speaker 1: from Corsica to Trieste with a passport from the Emperor
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 1: of Austria, when stormy weather and lack of provisions had
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 1: forced him to put into Pizzo. All other questions Mirah
• 1:12:38
  Speaker 1: met with a stubborn silence. Then, at least wearied by
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 1: his importunity, general, he said, can you lend me some
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 1: clothes after my bath? The General understood that he could
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 1: expect no more information, and, bowing to the king, he
• 1:12:54
  Speaker 1: went out. Ten minutes later, a complete uniform was brought
• 1:12:57
  Speaker 1: to Mira. He put it on im media, asked for
• 1:13:01
  Speaker 1: a pen, and ink wrote to the commander in chief
• 1:13:03
  Speaker 1: of the Austrian troops at Naples, to the English ambassador,
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 1: and to his wife to tell them of his detention
• 1:13:09
  Speaker 1: at Pizzo. These letters written, he got up and paced
• 1:13:12
  Speaker 1: his room for some time in evident agitation. At last,
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 1: kneading fresh air, he opened the window. There was a
• 1:13:19
  Speaker 1: view of the very beach where he had been captured.
• 1:13:22
  Speaker 1: Two men were digging a hole in the sand at
• 1:13:24
  Speaker 1: the foot of the little redoubt. Mirah watched them mechanically.
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 1: When the two men had finished, they went into a
• 1:13:30
  Speaker 1: neighboring house and soon came out bearing a corpse in
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 1: their arms.
• 1:13:35
  Speaker 4: The king searched his.
• 1:13:36
  Speaker 1: Memory, and indeed it seemed to him that in the
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 1: midst of that terrible scene he had seen some one fall,
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 1: But who it was he no longer remembered. The corpse
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 1: was quite without covering, but by the long black hair
• 1:13:49
  Speaker 1: and youthful outlines, the King recognized Campana, the aid de
• 1:13:52
  Speaker 1: camp he had always loved best. This scene, watched from
• 1:13:57
  Speaker 1: a prison window in the twilight, this solitaire burial on
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 1: the shore in the sand, moved Mirah more deeply than
• 1:14:04
  Speaker 1: his own fate. Great tears filled his eyes and fell
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 1: silently down the leanigned face. At that moment, General Nunciante
• 1:14:12
  Speaker 1: came in and surprised him with outstretched arms and face
• 1:14:15
  Speaker 1: bathed with tears. Murra heard him enter and turned round, and,
• 1:14:19
  Speaker 1: seeing the old soldier's surprise, Yes, General, he said, I weep.
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 1: I weep for that boy just twenty four, entrusted to
• 1:14:30
  Speaker 1: me by his parents, whose death I have brought about.
• 1:14:34
  Speaker 1: I weep for that vast, brilliant future, which is buried
• 1:14:37
  Speaker 1: in an unknown grave, in an enemy's country, on a
• 1:14:40
  Speaker 1: hostile shore. Oh, Compana, Campana. If ever I am king again,
• 1:14:46
  Speaker 1: I will raise you a royal tomb. The General had
• 1:14:50
  Speaker 1: had dinner served in an adjacent room Mira followed him
• 1:14:54
  Speaker 1: and sat down the table, but he could not eat.
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 1: The sight which he had just witnessed had made him
• 1:14:59
  Speaker 1: heart break broken, and yet without a line on his brow,
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 1: that man had been through the battles of abukir Ai,
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: Lao and Moscow. After dinner, Miurah went into his room again,
• 1:15:10
  Speaker 1: gave the various letters to General Nunciante, and begged to
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 1: be left alone. The General went away. Nura paced around
• 1:15:18
  Speaker 1: his room several times, walking with long steps and pausing
• 1:15:21
  Speaker 1: from time to time before the window, but without opening it.
• 1:15:25
  Speaker 1: At last he overcame a deep reluctance, put his hand
• 1:15:28
  Speaker 1: on the bolt, and drew the lattice towards him. It
• 1:15:31
  Speaker 1: was a calm, clear night, one could see the whole shore.
• 1:15:35
  Speaker 1: He looked for Campana's grave, and two dogs scratching the
• 1:15:38
  Speaker 1: sand showed him the spot. The king shut the window violently,
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 1: and without undressing, threw himself on to his bed. At last,
• 1:15:47
  Speaker 1: fearing that his agitation would be attributed to personal alarm,
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 1: he undressed and went to bed to sleep, or seemed
• 1:15:53
  Speaker 1: to sleep all night. On the morning of the ninth
• 1:15:57
  Speaker 1: the tailors whom Murah had asked for arrived. He ordered
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 1: a great many clothes, taking the trouble to explain all
• 1:16:02
  Speaker 1: the details suggested by his fastidious taste. He was thus employed.
• 1:16:07
  Speaker 1: When General Nunciante came in, he listened sadly to the
• 1:16:11
  Speaker 1: King's commands. He had just received telegraphic dispatches ordering him
• 1:16:15
  Speaker 1: to try the King of Naples by court martial as
• 1:16:18
  Speaker 1: a public enemy. But he found the King so confident,
• 1:16:22
  Speaker 1: so tranquil, almost cheerful, indeed, that he had not the
• 1:16:26
  Speaker 1: heart to announce his trial to him, and took upon
• 1:16:28
  Speaker 1: himself to delay the opening of operation until he received
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 1: written instructions. These arrived on the evening of the twelfth.
• 1:16:35
  Speaker 1: They were couched in the following terms, Naples, October ninth,
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 1: eighteen fifteen, Ferdinand, by the grace of God, etc. Wilson
• 1:16:45
  Speaker 1: decrees the following article on General Murai is to be
• 1:16:49
  Speaker 1: tried by court martial. The members whereof are to be
• 1:16:52
  Speaker 1: nominated by our Minister of War. Article two Only half
• 1:16:57
  Speaker 1: an hour is to be accorded to the condemned for
• 1:16:59
  Speaker 1: the exercise of religion, Signed Ferdinand. Another despatch from the
• 1:17:04
  Speaker 1: Minister contained the names of the members of the commission.
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 1: They were Giuseppe Fosculo, ad Jutant, Commander in Chief of
• 1:17:11
  Speaker 1: the Staff, President Lafayello Scalfaro, Chief of the Legion of
• 1:17:16
  Speaker 1: Lower Calabria, Litterario Natali, Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Marines,
• 1:17:21
  Speaker 1: Gennaro Lanzetta, Lieutenant Colonel of the Engineers w T. Captain
• 1:17:26
  Speaker 1: of Artillery Francois de veng Ditto, Francesco Martellari, Lieutenant of Artillery,
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 1: Francesco Froyo, Lieutenant of the third Regiment of the Line
• 1:17:37
  Speaker 1: Giovanni a delta camera, public prosecutor to the criminal courts
• 1:17:41
  Speaker 1: of Lower Calabria. Francesco Papavasi, Registrar. The commission assembled that night.
• 1:17:48
  Speaker 1: On the thirteenth October, at six o'clock in the morning,
• 1:17:51
  Speaker 1: Captain Strati came into the King's prison. He was sound asleep.
• 1:17:55
  Speaker 1: Strati was going away again when he stumbled against a
• 1:17:58
  Speaker 1: chair and the noise awoke me. What do you want
• 1:18:02
  Speaker 1: with me, captain asked the King. Strati tried to speak,
• 1:18:07
  Speaker 1: but his voice failed him. Maha said, Mirah, you must
• 1:18:12
  Speaker 1: have had news from Naples, Yes, Sire, muttered Strati. What
• 1:18:19
  Speaker 1: are they said, Mirah?
• 1:18:22
  Speaker 4: Your trial, sire? And by whose order.
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 1: Will sentence be pronounced? If you please, Where will they
• 1:18:29
  Speaker 1: find peers to judge me? If they consider me as
• 1:18:32
  Speaker 1: a king?
• 1:18:33
  Speaker 4: I must have a tribunal of kings.
• 1:18:35
  Speaker 1: If I am a marshal of France, I must have
• 1:18:37
  Speaker 1: a court of marshals. If I am a general, and
• 1:18:40
  Speaker 1: that is the least I can be, I must have
• 1:18:43
  Speaker 1: a jury of generals. Sire, you are declared a public enemy,
• 1:18:50
  Speaker 1: and as such you are liable to be judged by
• 1:18:52
  Speaker 1: court martial. That is the law which you instituted yourself
• 1:18:56
  Speaker 1: for rebels.
• 1:18:58
  Speaker 4: That law was made for brigands and not for crowned.
• 1:19:02
  Speaker 1: Heads, Sir, said Murrat scornfully.
• 1:19:06
  Speaker 4: I am ready let them butcher me if they like.
• 1:19:09
  Speaker 1: I did not think King Ferdinand capable of such an action, Sire.
• 1:19:15
  Speaker 4: Will you not hear the names of your judges?
• 1:19:18
  Speaker 1: Yes, Sir, I will. It must be a curious list,
• 1:19:23
  Speaker 1: read it. I am listening. Captain Strati read out the
• 1:19:27
  Speaker 1: names that we have enumerated. Murrah listened with a disdainful smile. Ah,
• 1:19:34
  Speaker 1: he said. As the captain finished, it seems that every
• 1:19:37
  Speaker 1: precaution has been taken, how sire, Yes, don't you know
• 1:19:44
  Speaker 1: that all these men, with the exception of Francesca Froyo,
• 1:19:48
  Speaker 1: the reporter. Oh their promotion to me. They will be
• 1:19:52
  Speaker 1: afraid of being accused of sparing me out of gratitude,
• 1:19:55
  Speaker 1: and save one voice, perhaps the sentence will be unanimous. Sire,
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 1: suppose you were to appear before the court to plead
• 1:20:05
  Speaker 1: your own cause. Silence, sir, silence, said Mirah. I could
• 1:20:11
  Speaker 1: not officially recognize the judges you have named without tearing
• 1:20:15
  Speaker 1: to many pages of history. Such tripunal is quite incompetent.
• 1:20:20
  Speaker 1: I should be disgraced if I appeared before it. I
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 1: know I could not save my life. Let me at
• 1:20:26
  Speaker 1: least preserve my royal dignity. At this moment, Lieutenant Francesco
• 1:20:31
  Speaker 1: Froyo came in to interrogate the prisoner, asking his name,
• 1:20:36
  Speaker 1: his age, and his nationality. Hearing these questions, Mirat rose
• 1:20:40
  Speaker 1: with an expression of sublime dignity. I am your Queen Napoleon,
• 1:20:45
  Speaker 1: King of the two Sicilies, he answered, and I order
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 1: you to leave me. The registrar obeyed. Then Murat partially
• 1:20:54
  Speaker 1: dressed himself in ASTROTI if he could write a farewell
• 1:20:57
  Speaker 1: to his wife and children. The captain, no longer able
• 1:21:00
  Speaker 1: to speak, answered by an affirmative sign. Then your chem
• 1:21:03
  Speaker 1: sat down to the table and wrote this letter. Dear
• 1:21:08
  Speaker 1: Caroline of my heart, the fatal moment has come. I
• 1:21:12
  Speaker 1: am to suffer the death penalty. In an hour, you
• 1:21:15
  Speaker 1: will be a widow. Our children will be fatherless. Remember me,
• 1:21:20
  Speaker 1: never forget my memory. I die innocent. My life is
• 1:21:25
  Speaker 1: taken from me unjustly. Goodbye Achilles, Goodbye Letitia, Goodbye Lucian,
• 1:21:33
  Speaker 1: Goodbye Louise. Show yourselves worthy of me. I leave you
• 1:21:38
  Speaker 1: in a world and in a kingdom full of my enemies.
• 1:21:41
  Speaker 1: Show yourselves superior to adversity, and remember never to think
• 1:21:45
  Speaker 1: yourselves better than you are, remembering what you have been.
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 4: Farewell. I bless you all. Never curse my memory.
• 1:21:54
  Speaker 1: Remember that the worst pang of my agony is in
• 1:21:57
  Speaker 1: dying far from my children, far from my wife, without
• 1:22:01
  Speaker 1: a friend to close my eyes. Farewell, my own Caroline,
• 1:22:06
  Speaker 1: Farewell my children. I send you my blessing, my most
• 1:22:09
  Speaker 1: tender tears, my last kisses. Farewell, farewell, Never forget your
• 1:22:16
  Speaker 1: unhappy father. Pizzo, Occoba, thirteenth, eighteen fifteen. We can guarantee
• 1:22:23
  Speaker 1: the authenticity of this letter, having copied it ourselves at
• 1:22:26
  Speaker 1: Pizzau from the La Valliere al Callo's copy of the original.
• 1:22:31
  Speaker 1: Then he cut off a lock of his hair and
• 1:22:33
  Speaker 1: put it in the letter. Just then General Nunciante came in.
• 1:22:37
  Speaker 1: Mirah went to him and held out his hand. General,
• 1:22:41
  Speaker 1: he said, you are a father, you are a husband.
• 1:22:44
  Speaker 1: One day you will know what it is to part
• 1:22:46
  Speaker 1: from your wife and sons. Swear to me that this
• 1:22:49
  Speaker 1: letter shall be delivered on my epaulets, said the General,
• 1:22:55
  Speaker 1: wiping his eyes. Madame Muran never received this letter. Come, come, courage,
• 1:23:02
  Speaker 1: General said Mirah.
• 1:23:04
  Speaker 4: We are soldiers. We know how to face death. One favor.
• 1:23:08
  Speaker 4: You will let me give the order to fire, will
• 1:23:11
  Speaker 4: you not?
• 1:23:12
  Speaker 1: The General signed acquiescence. Just then the registrar came in
• 1:23:17
  Speaker 1: with the king's sentence in his hand. Mira guessed what
• 1:23:20
  Speaker 1: it was read Sir, he said, coldly, I am listening.
• 1:23:27
  Speaker 1: The registrar obeyed. Mirah was right. The sentence of death
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 1: had been carried with only one dissentient voice. When the
• 1:23:35
  Speaker 1: reading was finished, the king turned again to Nunciante. General.
• 1:23:39
  Speaker 1: He said, believe that I distinguish in my mind the
• 1:23:43
  Speaker 1: instrument which strikes me and the hand that wields that instrument.
• 1:23:47
  Speaker 1: I should never have thought that Ferdinand would have had
• 1:23:50
  Speaker 1: me shot like a dog he does not hesitate, apparently
• 1:23:54
  Speaker 1: before such infamy. Very well, we will say no more
• 1:23:57
  Speaker 1: about it. I have challenged my judge, but not my executioners.
• 1:24:02
  Speaker 1: What time have you fixed for my execution?
• 1:24:06
  Speaker 4: Will you fix it yourself?
• 1:24:07
  Speaker 1: Sir?
• 1:24:09
  Speaker 4: Said the General.
• 1:24:10
  Speaker 1: Murat pulled out a watch on which there was a
• 1:24:12
  Speaker 1: portrait of his wife. By chance, he turned up the
• 1:24:15
  Speaker 1: portrait and not the face of the watch. He gazed
• 1:24:18
  Speaker 1: at it tenderly. See General, he said, showing it to Nuciante.
• 1:24:25
  Speaker 1: It is a portrait of the queen. You know her?
• 1:24:29
  Speaker 4: Is it not like her?
• 1:24:32
  Speaker 1: The General turned away his head. Murra sighed and put
• 1:24:36
  Speaker 1: away the watch. Well, sire, said the registrar.
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 4: What time have you fixed? Ah, yes, said Miras, smiling.
• 1:24:46
  Speaker 1: I forgot why I took out my watch when I
• 1:24:49
  Speaker 1: saw my Caroline's portrait. Then he looked at his watch again,
• 1:24:53
  Speaker 1: but this time at its face. Well, it shall be
• 1:24:57
  Speaker 1: at four o'clock if you like.
• 1:24:59
  Speaker 4: It is last three o'clock. I ask for fifteen minutes.
• 1:25:02
  Speaker 4: Is that too much, sir?
• 1:25:05
  Speaker 1: The registrar bowed and went out. The General was about
• 1:25:08
  Speaker 1: to follow him. Shall I never see you again? Nunciante,
• 1:25:13
  Speaker 1: said Mirah. My orders are to be present at your death, Sire,
• 1:25:19
  Speaker 1: but I cannot do it very well. General, I will
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 1: dispense with your presence at the last moment, but I
• 1:25:27
  Speaker 1: should like to say farewell once more and to embrace you.
• 1:25:32
  Speaker 4: I will be near, sire.
• 1:25:35
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 1:25:36
  Speaker 4: Now leave me alone, Sire, there are two priests here.
• 1:25:42
  Speaker 4: Murah made an impatient movement. Will you receive them?
• 1:25:47
  Speaker 1: Continued the General, Yes, bring them in. The General went out.
• 1:25:54
  Speaker 1: A moment later, two priests appeared in the doorway. One
• 1:25:57
  Speaker 1: of them was called Francesco Pellegrino, of the man who
• 1:26:00
  Speaker 1: had caused the king's death. The other was Don Antonio
• 1:26:03
  Speaker 1: mas Dea. What do you want here, asked Mirah. We
• 1:26:09
  Speaker 1: come to ask you if you are dying a Christian.
• 1:26:13
  Speaker 1: I am dying as a soldier.
• 1:26:16
  Speaker 4: Leave me.
• 1:26:17
  Speaker 1: Don Francesco Pellegrino retired, no doubt he felt ill at
• 1:26:22
  Speaker 1: ease before your kim. But Antonio ma's Dea remained at
• 1:26:25
  Speaker 1: the door. Did you not hear me, asked the king. Yes, indeed,
• 1:26:32
  Speaker 1: answered the old man. But permit me, sire, to hope
• 1:26:36
  Speaker 1: that it was not your last word to me. It
• 1:26:39
  Speaker 1: is not the first time that I see you or
• 1:26:42
  Speaker 1: beg something of you. I have already had occasion to
• 1:26:45
  Speaker 1: ask a favor of you.
• 1:26:47
  Speaker 4: What was that.
• 1:26:50
  Speaker 1: When your magistry came to Pizzo in eighteen ten? I
• 1:26:54
  Speaker 1: asked you for twenty five thousand francs to enable us
• 1:26:57
  Speaker 1: to finish our church. Your majesty said me forty thousand
• 1:27:01
  Speaker 1: franc I must have foreseen that I should be buried there,
• 1:27:07
  Speaker 1: said Murraz, smiling. Ah, Sire, I should like to think
• 1:27:11
  Speaker 1: that you did not refuse my second boon any more
• 1:27:13
  Speaker 1: than my first, Sire, I entreat.
• 1:27:16
  Speaker 4: You on my knees.
• 1:27:19
  Speaker 1: The old man fell at Mirah's feet die as a Christian?
• 1:27:25
  Speaker 4: That would give you pleasure? Then would it?
• 1:27:28
  Speaker 1: Said the king, Sire, though I would give the few
• 1:27:31
  Speaker 1: short days remaining to me if God would grant that
• 1:27:34
  Speaker 1: His Holy Spirit should fall upon you in your last hour, Well,
• 1:27:41
  Speaker 1: said Mirah. Hear my confession. I accuse myself of having
• 1:27:46
  Speaker 1: been disobedient to my parents as a child. Since I
• 1:27:49
  Speaker 1: reached manhood, I have done nothing to reproach myself with sire,
• 1:27:55
  Speaker 1: Will you give me an antestation that you die in
• 1:27:57
  Speaker 1: the Christian faith? Certainly, said Mirah, and he took a
• 1:28:03
  Speaker 1: pen and wrote, Ay Joachi Murah die a Christian believing
• 1:28:09
  Speaker 1: in the Holy Catholic Church, Apostolic and Roman.
• 1:28:13
  Speaker 4: He signed it. Now, father, continued the King.
• 1:28:18
  Speaker 1: If you have a third favor to ask of me,
• 1:28:20
  Speaker 1: make haste, for in half an hour it will.
• 1:28:23
  Speaker 4: Be too late.
• 1:28:25
  Speaker 1: Indeed, the castle clock was striking half past three. The
• 1:28:28
  Speaker 1: priest signed that he had finished.
• 1:28:31
  Speaker 2: Then leave me alone.
• 1:28:33
  Speaker 4: Said Mirah, and the old man went out.
• 1:28:37
  Speaker 1: Mirah paced his room for a few moments. Then he
• 1:28:39
  Speaker 1: sat down on his bed and let his head fall
• 1:28:41
  Speaker 1: into his hands. Doubtless, during the quarter of an hour
• 1:28:45
  Speaker 1: he remained thus absorbed in his thoughts. He saw his
• 1:28:48
  Speaker 1: whole life pass before him, from the inn where he
• 1:28:51
  Speaker 1: had started, to the palace he had reached. No doubt,
• 1:28:55
  Speaker 1: his adventurous career unrolled itself before him, like some golden dream,
• 1:28:59
  Speaker 1: some brilliant fiction, some.
• 1:29:01
  Speaker 4: Tale from the Arabian nights.
• 1:29:03
  Speaker 1: His life gleamed athwart the storm, like a.
• 1:29:05
  Speaker 4: Rainbow, and like a rainbow's.
• 1:29:07
  Speaker 1: Its two extremities were lost in clouds, the clouds of
• 1:29:11
  Speaker 1: birth and death. At last, he roused himself from this
• 1:29:15
  Speaker 1: inward contemplation and lifted a pale but tranquil face. Then
• 1:29:18
  Speaker 1: he went to the glass and arranged his hair. His
• 1:29:21
  Speaker 1: strange characteristics never left him. The affianced of death. He
• 1:29:26
  Speaker 1: was adorning himself to meet his bride. Four clock struck.
• 1:29:30
  Speaker 1: Murah went to the door himself and opened it. General
• 1:29:33
  Speaker 1: Nunciante was waiting for him. Thank you, General, said Mirah,
• 1:29:39
  Speaker 1: you have kept your word. Kiss me and go at
• 1:29:42
  Speaker 1: once if you like. The general threw himself into the
• 1:29:46
  Speaker 1: King's arms, weeping and utterly unable to speak. Courage said Mirah,
• 1:29:53
  Speaker 1: you see, I am calm. It was this very calmness
• 1:29:57
  Speaker 1: which broke the general's heart. He dashed out of the
• 1:30:00
  Speaker 1: corridor and left the castle, running like a madman. Then
• 1:30:04
  Speaker 1: the king walked out into the courtyard. Everything was ready
• 1:30:07
  Speaker 1: for the execution. Nine men and a corporal were arranged
• 1:30:11
  Speaker 1: before the door of the council chamber. Opposite them was
• 1:30:14
  Speaker 1: a wall twelve feet high. Three feet away from the
• 1:30:17
  Speaker 1: wall was a stone block. Murrah mounted it, thus raising
• 1:30:21
  Speaker 1: himself about a foot above the soldiers who were to
• 1:30:23
  Speaker 1: execute him. Then he took out his watch. Madame Muras
• 1:30:28
  Speaker 1: recovered this watch at the price of two hundred Louis
• 1:30:31
  Speaker 1: kissed his wife's portrait, and, fixing his eyes on it,
• 1:30:35
  Speaker 1: gave the order to fire at the word of command.
• 1:30:39
  Speaker 1: Five out of the nine men fired, Murrah remained standing.
• 1:30:43
  Speaker 1: The soldiers had been ashamed to fire on their king
• 1:30:46
  Speaker 1: and had aimed over his head. That moment perhaps displayed
• 1:30:50
  Speaker 1: most gloriously the lion like courage, which was Mura's special attribute.
• 1:30:55
  Speaker 1: His face never changed, He did not move a muscle,
• 1:30:59
  Speaker 1: only gazing at the soldiers with an expression of mingled
• 1:31:02
  Speaker 1: bitterness and gratitude. He said, thank you, my friends, since
• 1:31:08
  Speaker 1: sooner or later you will be obliged to aim true,
• 1:31:11
  Speaker 1: do not prolong my death, agonies. All I ask you
• 1:31:15
  Speaker 1: is to aim at the heart and spare the face.
• 1:31:18
  Speaker 4: Now.
• 1:31:19
  Speaker 1: But the same voice, the same calm, the same expression.
• 1:31:24
  Speaker 1: He repeated the fatal words, one after another, without lagging,
• 1:31:28
  Speaker 1: without hastening, as if he were giving an accustomed command,
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 1: but this time happier than the first. At the word fire,
• 1:31:36
  Speaker 1: he fell pierced by eight bullets, without a sigh, without
• 1:31:40
  Speaker 1: a movement, still holding the watch in his left hand.
• 1:31:45
  Speaker 1: The soldiers took up the body and laid it on
• 1:31:47
  Speaker 1: the bed where ten minutes before he had been sitting,
• 1:31:50
  Speaker 1: and the captain put a guard at the door. In
• 1:31:53
  Speaker 1: the evening, a man presented himself, asking to go into
• 1:31:56
  Speaker 1: the death chamber. The sentinel refused to let him in,
• 1:31:59
  Speaker 1: and he demand in an interview with the governor of
• 1:32:01
  Speaker 1: the prison. Led before him, he produced an order. The
• 1:32:05
  Speaker 1: commander read it with surprise and disgust, but after reading it,
• 1:32:10
  Speaker 1: he led the man to the door where he had
• 1:32:12
  Speaker 1: been refused entrance.
• 1:32:14
  Speaker 4: Pass the signor.
• 1:32:15
  Speaker 1: Luigi, he said to the Sentinel, ten minutes had hardly
• 1:32:20
  Speaker 1: elapsed before he came out again, holding a blood stained
• 1:32:23
  Speaker 1: handkerchief containing something to which the Sentinel could not give
• 1:32:26
  Speaker 1: a name. An hour later, the carpenter brought the coffin
• 1:32:29
  Speaker 1: which was to contain the king's remains. The workmen entered
• 1:32:33
  Speaker 1: the room, but instantly called the sentinel in a voice
• 1:32:36
  Speaker 1: of indescribable terror. The sentinel half opened the door to
• 1:32:40
  Speaker 1: see what had caused the man's panic. The carpenter pointed
• 1:32:44
  Speaker 1: to a headless corpse. At the death of King Ferdinand
• 1:32:48
  Speaker 1: of that head, preserved in spirits of wine, was found
• 1:32:52
  Speaker 1: in a secret cupboard in his bedroom. A week after
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 1: the execution of Pizza, everyone had received his reward. Trenticapelli
• 1:33:01
  Speaker 1: was made a colonel general Nunciante a marquis, and Luigi
• 1:33:05
  Speaker 1: died from the effects of poison end of Chapter three
• 1:33:11
  Speaker 1: recording by John Vanstand Savannah, Georgia. End of Celebrated Crimes,
• 1:33:15
  Speaker 1: Volume seven, Part three Mirah by Alexandre Duma, translated by
• 1:33:20
  Speaker 1: George Burnham Ives