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12 - In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy by G A Henty · In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy

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  Speaker 1: Alfred Hinty, Chapter eleven. Marie and Victor, are you taking
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  Speaker 1: me to the girls? Harry? No, Harry said it would
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  Speaker 1: not be safe to do so. There are already suspicions,
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  Speaker 1: and they have been denounced. Marie gave a cry of alarm.
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  Speaker 1: I have managed to suppress the document, Marie, and we
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  Speaker 1: start with them in a day or two. Still, it
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  Speaker 1: would be better for you not to go near them.
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  Speaker 1: I will arrange for you to meet them tomorrow. Where
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  Speaker 1: am I going? Then? You are going to the house
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  Speaker 1: of a worthy couple who have shown themselves faithful and
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  Speaker 1: trustworthy by nursing a friend of mine who has for
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  Speaker 1: nearly six months been lying ill. There you will be
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  Speaker 1: perfectly safe there till we can arrange matters. But if
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  Speaker 1: Ross Pierre has signed my release, as they said, I
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  Speaker 1: am safe enough surely and can go where I like.
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  Speaker 1: I think you will be safe for Marie arrest here
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  Speaker 1: in Paris, Marie, because you could appeal to him. But
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  Speaker 1: outside Paris it may be different. However, we can talk
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  Speaker 1: about that tomorrow would have had a good night's rest.
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  Speaker 1: Harry did not think it necessary to say that when
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  Speaker 1: le Bot was missed, it would probably be ascertained that
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  Speaker 1: he was last seen leaving l Force with her, and
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  Speaker 1: that if inquiries were set on foot about him, she
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  Speaker 1: might be sought for. However, Marie said no more on
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  Speaker 1: the subject, quite content that Harry should make whatever arrangement
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  Speaker 1: he thought best, and she now began to ask all
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  Speaker 1: sorts of questions about her sisters, and so passed the
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  Speaker 1: time until they were close to the Palis de Carousel.
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  Speaker 1: Then Harry called Jacques to stop. Will you please get out,
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  Speaker 1: Marie and wait with our good friend here till I return.
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  Speaker 1: I shall be back in five minutes. I've had the
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  Speaker 1: couch over to its owner. Jacques threw the bot's clothes
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  Speaker 1: over his arm and got down from the box. Harry
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  Speaker 1: took his seat and drove into the place, where he
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  Speaker 1: found the coachman awaiting him. Have you managed the job
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  Speaker 1: that we have, Harry said, he has a lesson, and
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  Speaker 1: Isabella has gone off to her friends again, poor little girl.
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  Speaker 1: I hope it will cure her of her flightiness. Here
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  Speaker 1: is your cape and your money, my friend, and thank you.
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  Speaker 1: You are heartily welcome, the driver said, mounting his box.
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  Speaker 1: I wish I could do as well every day, but
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  Speaker 1: these are bad times. For us, and money is precious scarce,
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  Speaker 1: I can tell you. Harry soon rejoined Jacques and Marie.
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  Speaker 1: There were but few words said as they made their
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  Speaker 1: way through the streets, for Marie was weakened by her
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  Speaker 1: long imprisonment and shaken by what she had gone through.
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  Speaker 1: She had not asked a single question as to what
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  Speaker 1: had become of the Bot, but she had no doubt
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  Speaker 1: that he was killed. She had grown, however, almost indifferent
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  Speaker 1: to death. Day after day she had seen batches of
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  Speaker 1: her friends taken out to execution, and the retribution which
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  Speaker 1: had fallen upon this wretch gave her scarcely a thought
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  Speaker 1: except a feeling of thankfulness as she was freed from
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  Speaker 1: her persecutions completely. As she trusted Harry, it was with
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  Speaker 1: the greatest difficulty that she had brought herself to obey
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  Speaker 1: his instructions and to place herself for a moment in
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  Speaker 1: the power of her persecutor, and to appear to go
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  Speaker 1: with him willingly. When Labat told her triumphantly that he
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  Speaker 1: had saved her from death and that she was to
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  Speaker 1: have formed once the party in the Tumbril on the
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  Speaker 1: following morning. Had he not obtained her released, she would
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  Speaker 1: add difficulty in keeping back the indignant words that she
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  Speaker 1: would have preferred death a thousand times. When he said
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  Speaker 1: that he had come to take her away, she had
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  Speaker 1: looked round with a terrified face, as if to claim
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  Speaker 1: the protection of the guards, but he had said roughly,
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  Speaker 1: it is no use to your objection, and you have
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  Speaker 1: got to go with me, And if you are a
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  Speaker 1: wise woman, you had better make the best of it.
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  Speaker 1: After all, I am not very terrible, and you had
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  Speaker 1: better marry me. So the guillotine so Trembling with a
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  Speaker 1: loathing and disgust, she followed him, resolving that Harry's plans
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  Speaker 1: to rescue her failed, she would kill herself rather than
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  Speaker 1: be the wife of this man. When they reached the house,
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  Speaker 1: the least opened the door. So you have come, poor lamb,
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  Speaker 1: she said, thanks to good God, and all has turned
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  Speaker 1: out well. You will be safe here, my child. We
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  Speaker 1: are rough people, but we will take care of you
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  Speaker 1: as if you are our own, so saying, she led
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  Speaker 1: the girl into a little sitting room where they had
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  Speaker 1: prepared for her, for they had that afternoon taken the
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  Speaker 1: other two rooms on the floor they occupied, which were
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  Speaker 1: fortunately to let, and had fitted them up as a
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  Speaker 1: bedroom and a sitting room for her. There was already
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  Speaker 1: a communication existing between the two sets of apartments, and
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  Speaker 1: they had only to remove some brickwork between the double
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  Speaker 1: doors to throw them into one suite. Telling Marie to
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  Speaker 1: sit down at least, hurried off and returned with the
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  Speaker 1: basin of boullion. Drink this, my dear, then go straight
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  Speaker 1: to bed. Your friends will be here in good time
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  Speaker 1: and in the morning, and then you can talk over
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  Speaker 1: matters with him. She waited to see Marie drink the broth,
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  Speaker 1: and then helped her to undress. She will be asleep
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  Speaker 1: in five minutes, she said, when she rejoined her husband
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  Speaker 1: and Harry. She is worn out with excitement, but a
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  Speaker 1: night's breast will do wonders for her. Don't come too
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  Speaker 1: early in the morning, monsieur sound. She is sure to
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  Speaker 1: sleep late, and I will not disturb her till she
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  Speaker 1: wakes up herself. I will be here at nine, Harry said,
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  Speaker 1: and will go round before that and tell her sisters.
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  Speaker 1: They will all be wondering. They have seen nothing of
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  Speaker 1: me to day. But I was afraid to tell them
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  Speaker 1: until it was all over. The anxiety would have been
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  Speaker 1: too great for them. It was fortunate that Ross Pierre
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  Speaker 1: went out early on the following morning to attend a
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  Speaker 1: meeting at the Jacobins, and Harry was therefore saved the
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  Speaker 1: necessity for asking Lee to absent himself again. At eight o'clock,
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  Speaker 1: he was at Louis Mullyn's. What is it, Harry Gene
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  Speaker 1: exclaimed as he entered. I can see you have news.
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  Speaker 1: What is it? I have news, Harry said, and good news.
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  Speaker 1: But you must not excite yourselves. Have you found a
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  Speaker 1: way for getting Marie out? Yes? I have found a way,
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  Speaker 1: A sure, certain way, Harry, Virgini asked, Not only a chance,
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  Speaker 1: a sure certain way. Harry replied, you need have no
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  Speaker 1: more fear. Marie will certainly be freed. The two girls
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  Speaker 1: stood speechless with delight. It never occurred to them to
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  Speaker 1: doubt Harry's words when he spoke so confidently. Have you
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  Speaker 1: told us all? Harry Gene asked a minute later, looking
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  Speaker 1: earnestly in his face. Can it be? Is she really
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  Speaker 1: out already? Yes? Harry said, Thank God, DearS, your sister
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  Speaker 1: is free. With a cry of delight, Virginny sprang to
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  Speaker 1: him and, throwing her arms around his neck, kissed him.
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  Speaker 1: In the exuberance of her happiness. Luis threw her open
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  Speaker 1: apron over her head and burst into tears of thankfulness,
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  Speaker 1: while Jenny put her hand on his shoulder and said, Oh, Harry,
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  Speaker 1: how can we ever thank you enough for all you
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  Speaker 1: have done for us? Six months back? And Jennie would
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  Speaker 1: probably have acted as Virginie did, but those six months
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  Speaker 1: had changed her greatly. Indeed, ever since she received that
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  Speaker 1: note from Marie, which she had never shown to even Virginnye,
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  Speaker 1: there had been a shade of difference in her manner
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  Speaker 1: to Harry, which he had more than once noticed and
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  Speaker 1: wondered at. It was some little time before the girls
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  Speaker 1: were sufficiently composed to listen to Harry's story. But why
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  Speaker 1: did you not bring her here, Harry, virginny asked, why
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  Speaker 1: did you not take her somewhere else? For several reasons, Virgenny,
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  Speaker 1: I have not told you before, but there is no
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  Speaker 1: reason why you should not know now that Victor is
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  Speaker 1: still in Paris. Virgennie uttered an exclamation of wonder he
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  Speaker 1: stopped here to look after you all. But he has
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  Speaker 1: very bad illness and is still terribly weak, and does
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  Speaker 1: not even know me. Marie will nurse him. I have
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  Speaker 1: great hopes that he will know her and that she
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  Speaker 1: may be able in time to effect a complete cure
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  Speaker 1: in the next place. I think it would be dangerous
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  Speaker 1: to bring her here, for we must leave in a
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  Speaker 1: very few days. What go without her? Yes, I'm afraid so, Virginnie.
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  Speaker 1: I have learned Luis that some of your neighbors have
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  Speaker 1: their suspicions, and that a letter of denunciation has already
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  Speaker 1: been sent, So it would be absolutely necessary to make
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  Speaker 1: a move. I've suppressed the first letter, but the writer
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  Speaker 1: will probably not let the matter drop and may ride
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  Speaker 1: to Danton or marat next time. So we must go
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  Speaker 1: without delay. You cannot change your lodging, but they would
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  Speaker 1: certainly trace you. Besides, at the present time the regulations
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  Speaker 1: about lodgers are so strict that no one would dare
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  Speaker 1: receive you until the committee of the district have examined
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  Speaker 1: you and are perfectly satisfied. Therefore, I think we must
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  Speaker 1: go alone. Marie Is want to hear, and I think
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  Speaker 1: she will be far safe for nursing Victor than she
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  Speaker 1: would be with us. Besides, now she has been freed
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  Speaker 1: by Ross Pierre's orders, I do not think there is
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  Speaker 1: any fear of her arrest, even if her identity was discovered. Lastly,
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  Speaker 1: it would be safer for us to travel three than four.
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  Speaker 1: Three girls traveling with a young fellow like me would
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  Speaker 1: be sure to attract attention. It would be difficult enough
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  Speaker 1: in any case, but it would certainly be worse with
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  Speaker 1: her with us. But we are to see her, Harry,
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  Speaker 1: Jenny said. Surely we're not to go away with us
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  Speaker 1: seeing Marie. Certainly not, Jenny. I am not so cruel
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  Speaker 1: as that evening, after dark we will meet in the
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  Speaker 1: gardens of the Tuliers. Louise. Will you bring them down
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  Speaker 1: and be with them near the main entrance. I will
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  Speaker 1: bring Marie there at six o'clock. And now I must
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  Speaker 1: be off. I have to break the news to Marie
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  Speaker 1: that Victor is in the same house with her, and
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  Speaker 1: ill I did not tell her last night, she will
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  Speaker 1: be better able to bear it after a good night's sleep.
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  Speaker 1: Marie was up and dressed when Harry arrived, and was
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  Speaker 1: sitting by the fire in the little kitchen. I have
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  Speaker 1: just left your sisters, Murrie, Harry said, and you may
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  Speaker 1: imagine their delight at the news I gave them. You
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  Speaker 1: are to see them this evening in the gardens of
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  Speaker 1: the Tuliers. Oh, Harry, how good you are. How much
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  Speaker 1: you have done for us? Harry laughed lightly. Not very
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  Speaker 1: much yet. Besides, it has been a pleasure as well
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  Speaker 1: as a duty. The girls have both been so brave,
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  Speaker 1: and Jenny has the head of a woman. She is
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  Speaker 1: nearly a woman now, Harry, Marie said gently. She is
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  Speaker 1: some months past sixteen. And though you tell me girls
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  Speaker 1: of that age in England are quite children, it is
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  Speaker 1: not so here. Why it is nothing uncommon for a
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  Speaker 1: girl to marry at sixteen. Well, at any rate, Harry said,
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  Speaker 1: Jenny has no time for any thought of marrying, just
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  Speaker 1: at present. But there is another thing I want to
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  Speaker 1: tell you about. I have first a confession to make.
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  Speaker 1: I have deceived you, deceive me, Marie said, with a smile.
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  Speaker 1: It can be nothing, very dreadful, Harry, Well, what is it. It
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  Speaker 1: is more serious than you think, Marie. Now you know
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  Speaker 1: that when the trouble began, I felt it quite out
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  Speaker 1: of the question for me to run away and leave
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  Speaker 1: you all here in Paris unprotected. Such a thing would
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  Speaker 1: have been preposterous. You think so, Harry, because you have
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  Speaker 1: a good heart. But most people would have thought of themselves,
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  Speaker 1: and would not have run all sorts of risks for
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  Speaker 1: the sake of three girls and no claim upon them. Well, Marie,
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  Speaker 1: you allow them that a person with a good heart
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  Speaker 1: would naturally do as I did. Well, supposing I do, Harry,
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  Speaker 1: what then you must still further allow that person with
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  Speaker 1: a good heart, and upon whom you had a great claim,
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  Speaker 1: would all the more have remained to protect you. What
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  Speaker 1: are you driving at, Harry with your supposition? She said,
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  Speaker 1: her cheek growing a little paler as a suspicion of
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  Speaker 1: the truth flashed upon her. Well, Marie, you mustn't be agitated,
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  Speaker 1: and I hope you will not be angry. But I
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  Speaker 1: ask you, how as he has a good heart and
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  Speaker 1: you have claims upon him, could you expect Victor de
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  Speaker 1: Guisson to run away like a coward and leave you here?
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  Speaker 1: Marie had risen to her feet and gazed at him
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  Speaker 1: with frightened eyes. What is it about him that you
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  Speaker 1: have deceived me? Is it true that he did not
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  Speaker 1: go away? Has anything happened to him? Oh, Harry, do
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  Speaker 1: not say he is dead. He is not dead, Marie,
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  Speaker 1: but he has been very very ill. He was with
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  Speaker 1: me at La Force on that terrible night, and saw
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  Speaker 1: his father brought out to be murdered. The shock nearly
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  Speaker 1: killed him. He has had a brain fever and has
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  Speaker 1: been at death's door. At present he is mending, but
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  Speaker 1: very very slowly. He knows no one, not even me.
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  Speaker 1: But I trust that your voice and your presence will
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  Speaker 1: do wonders for him. Where is he, Harry, Marie said,
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  Speaker 1: as you stood with clasped hands and a face from
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  Speaker 1: which every vestige of color had flown, Take me to
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  Speaker 1: him at once. He is in the house, Marie. That
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  Speaker 1: is why I have brought you here. These good people
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  Speaker 1: have nursed and concealed him for five months. Marie made
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  Speaker 1: a movement towards the door. Wait, Marie, you cannot go
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  Speaker 1: to him till you compose yourself. It is all important
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  Speaker 1: that you should speak to him when you see him,
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  Speaker 1: in your natural voice, and you must prepare yourself for
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  Speaker 1: a shock. He is at present a mere wreck, so
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  Speaker 1: changed that you will hardly know him. You are telling
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  Speaker 1: me the truth, Harry. You are not hiding from me
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  Speaker 1: that he is dying. No, Dear, I believe on my
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  Speaker 1: honor that he is out of danger now, and that
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  Speaker 1: he is progressing. It is in his mind more than
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  Speaker 1: his body that needs curing. It may be a long
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  Speaker 1: and difficult task Marie, before he is himself again. But
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  Speaker 1: I believe that with your care and companionship, he will
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  Speaker 1: get roused in time. But it may be months before
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  Speaker 1: that time is nothing, Marie said, But what about the girls.
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  Speaker 1: They must still be under my charge, Marie. I shall
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  Speaker 1: start with them in a day or two and try
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  Speaker 1: to make for the sea shore and then across to England.
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  Speaker 1: Suspicions have been aroused, they have already been denounced and
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  Speaker 1: may be arrested at any time. Therefore, it is absolutely
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  Speaker 1: necessary that they should fly at once. But I thought
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  Speaker 1: that you would consider it your first duty to stay
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  Speaker 1: with Victors, seeing that to him your presence is everything,
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  Speaker 1: while you can do nothing to assist your sisters, and
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  Speaker 1: indeed the fewer of us there are the better. Certainly
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  Speaker 1: it is my duty, Marie said firmly. You will be
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  Speaker 1: perfectly safe here under the care of Jacques and his wife.
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  Speaker 1: They have already given out to their neighbors that Victor's
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  Speaker 1: fiance is coming to help nurse him. And even if
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  Speaker 1: by any possibility a suspicion of your real position arises,
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  Speaker 1: you have Rosspierre's pardon as a protection. The state of
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  Speaker 1: things cannot last forever. A reaction must come, and then
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  Speaker 1: if Victor is cured, you will be able to escape
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  Speaker 1: together to England. Leave me for a few minutes by myself, Harry.
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  Speaker 1: All this has come so sudden upon me that I
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  Speaker 1: feel bewildered. Certainly, Harry said, it is best that you
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  Speaker 1: should think things over a little. No wonder you feel
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  Speaker 1: bewildered and shaken with all the trials that you have
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  Speaker 1: gone through. Marie went to her room and returned in
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  Speaker 1: a quarter of an hour. I am ready now, she said,
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  Speaker 1: and by the calm and tranquil expression on her face,
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  Speaker 1: Harry felt that she could now be trusted to see Victor.
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  Speaker 1: I have a feeling, she went on, that everything will
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  Speaker 1: come right in the end. I have been saved almost
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  Speaker 1: by a miracle, and I cannot but feel that my
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  Speaker 1: life has been spared in order that I might take
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  Speaker 1: my place here. As to the girls, it was a
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  Speaker 1: shock at first when he told me that the fresh
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  Speaker 1: danger threatened them and that I should not be able
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  Speaker 1: to share their perils upon their journey. But I could
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  Speaker 1: not have aided them, and God has marked out my
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  Speaker 1: place here. No, Harry, God has protected me so far
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  Speaker 1: and will aid me still now. I am ready for
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  Speaker 1: whatever may be tied. One moment before you enter, Marie,
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  Speaker 1: you are prepared, I know, to see a great change
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  Speaker 1: in Victor. But nevertheless, you cannot be shocked at first.
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  Speaker 1: Do not go up to him or attract his attention
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  Speaker 1: till you have overcome this and are able to speak
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  Speaker 1: to him in your natural voice. I think a great
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  Speaker 1: deal depends upon the first impression you make on his brain.
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  Speaker 1: Your voice is a good deal changed in the last
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  Speaker 1: six months. It would be strange if it had not.
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  Speaker 1: But I want you to try and speak to him
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  Speaker 1: in a bright, cheerful tone he was accustomed to hear.
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  Speaker 1: Marie nodded. One moment, she said, as she brust asigh
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  Speaker 1: with tears which filled her eyes, drew herself up with
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  Speaker 1: a little gesture that reminded Harry of old times, and
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  Speaker 1: then with a swift step, passed through the door into
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  Speaker 1: Victor's room. Whatever she felt at the sight of the
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  Speaker 1: wasted figure lying listlessly with half closed eyes on the couch,
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  Speaker 1: it only showed itself by a swift expression of pain,
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  Speaker 1: which passed for a moment across her face, and then
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  Speaker 1: it was gone, Victor. She said in her clear, ringing voice, Victor,
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  Speaker 1: my well beloved, I am come to you. The effect
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  Speaker 1: upon Victor was instantaneous. He opened his eyes with a start,
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  Speaker 1: half rose from his couch and held out his arms
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  Speaker 1: toward her. Marie. He said, in a faint voice, you
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  Speaker 1: have come in last. I've wanted you so much. Then,
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  Speaker 1: as Marie advanced to him and, kneeling by his side,
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  Speaker 1: clasped him in her arms, Elise and Harry stole quietly
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  Speaker 1: from the room. It was nearly an hour before Marie
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  Speaker 1: came out. There was a soft glow of happiness on
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  Speaker 1: her face, though her cheeks were pale. Not yet, she said,
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  Speaker 1: as she split past them in her own room. In
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  Speaker 1: a few minutes she reappeared. Pardon me, she said, holding
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  Speaker 1: out her hands to harrying Elise. But I had to
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  Speaker 1: thank the Good God first. Victor is quite sensible now,
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  Speaker 1: but oh so weak. He remembers nothing of the past,
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: but seems to think he is still in burgundyas somehow
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: had an illness. And he spoke of the Duke and
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: my dear father and mother as being still alive, and
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: that he hoped they would let me come to him.
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: I told him that all should be is that he
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: wished as soon as he got stronger, but that he
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: must not think of anything now, and that I would
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: nurse him and all would be well. He seemed puzzled
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: about my dress, for Marie had already put on the
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: simple attire which had been prepared for her. But I
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: told him that it was fit for a sick room,
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: and that he seems satisfied. He has just dozed off
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: to sleep, and I will go in and sit with
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: him now till he wakes. When he does, Mademoiselle, I
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: will have some broth and a glass of good burgundy
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: ready for him. At least, said thank you, but please
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: call me Marie in future. There are no mademoiselle's in
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: France now, and I shall call you Elise instead of madame.
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: And Harry, would you mind telling the girls that I
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: will meet them tomorrow instead of this evening. I longed
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: to see them oh so much. But I should not
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: like to leave him for a moment now. I fear
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: so that his memory might go again if he were
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: to wake and miss me. I was going to propose
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: it myself, Marie. Harry said, it is all important to
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: avoid any agitation. Now tomorrow, I hope will be safer,
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: and the doctor give him a sleeping drop so that
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: he shall not wake while you are away. But Marie,
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: remember it will be a farewell visit, for I dare
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: not let them stay more than another day. They may
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: be denounced again at any hour, for the man who
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: wrote to Ross Pierre, if he finds that nothing comes
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: of it, may go to the local committee, and they
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: will not lose an hour. You may be sure. I
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: must see them this evening, then, Marie said, hurriedly. The
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: doctor will be here, you say soon. Victor must have
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: a sleeping drove this afternoon instead of tomorrow. He must
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: go at once. I should never forgive myself if, by
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: putting off our party for twenty four hours, I cause
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: them to fall into the hands of those wretches. So
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: please hurry on the arrangements so that they may leave
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: in the first thing tomorrow morning. It will be best,
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: Harry said, if you will do it, Marie, I own
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: that I am in a fever of apprehension. We will
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: go there at once and tell them that all must
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: be in readiness by tonight. They will be glad. Indeed,
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: to hear that your presence has done such wonders for Victor.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: They will be able to leave you with a better
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: heart if they feel that your stay here is likely
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: to bring health to him and happiness to both of you.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: A week since, Marie said, it did not seem to
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: me that I could ever be happy again. But though
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: everything is still very dark, the clouds seemed lifting. The
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: girls were greatly rejoiced when they heard the good news
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: that Victor had recognized Marie and that Harry had now
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: hopes that he would do well. And now we must
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: talk about ourselves, Harry said, we must not lose another
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: hour now, Louis, you must take part in our council.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: We have everything to settle in only a few hours
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: to do it in. I should like, if possible, that
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: we should not come back here this evening. After you
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: have once left the house. The man who denounced you
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: will expect that something would be done today, and when
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: he sees that nothing has come of his letter, he
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: may go to this evening to the local committee, and
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: they would send men at once to arrescue. No doubt,
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: he only wrote ross Pierre first, thinking he would get
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: credit and perhaps a post of some sort for his
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: vigilance and the cause. But if Louise thinks that it
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: cannot possibly be managed, I will write a letter to
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: him once in Rospierre's name, saying that this letter has
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: been noted and your movements will be closely watched and
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: thinking for him for his zeal in the public service. No,
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: I think we are ready, Jenny said. Of course. We
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: have been talking it over for weeks and agreed it
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: was better to be in readiness whenever you told us
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: it was time to go. Louise will tell you all
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: about it. The disguises are already, Monsieur Sandworth. And yesterday
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: when you said that my dear Mademoiselle could not go
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: with them, I settled. If you did not see any
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: objection to go with the dear children, I should be
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: very glad, Harry said eagerly, for although he had seen
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: no other way out of it, the difficulties and inconveniences
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: of a journey alone with Jennie and Virgennie had been
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: continually on his mind. The idea of taking the old
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: woman with them had never occurred to him, but now
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: he hailed it as the most welcome solution of the
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: difficulty that will be a thousand times better in every way,
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: for with you with us, it would excite far less
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: remark than three young people traveling alone. But I fear, Louise,
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: that the hardships we may have to undergo will be great.
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: It matters little, the old woman said. I nursed their
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: mother and have for years lived on her bounty, and
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: gladly know now will I give what little remains to
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: me of life in the service of her dear children.
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: I know that everything is turned topsy turvy in our
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: poor country at present, but as long as I have
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: life in my body, I will not let my dear
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: mistress children be for weeks, perhaps wandering about, with only
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: a young gentleman to protect them. At Mademoiselle Jennie almost
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: a woman too. Yes, it is better in every way,
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: Harry said. I felt that it would be a strange position,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: but it seemed that it could not be helped. However,
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: your offer gets us out of the embarrassment. So your
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: disguise is already. Yes, Monsieur Louis said, I have a
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: boys suit for Mademoiselle Vigenny. She did not like it
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: at first, but I thought that if Mademoiselle went with you.
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: It would be strange to have three girls journey under
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: the charge of one young man. I think it a
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: very good plan, Louise, but you must get out of
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: the way of calling me monsieur, or else it will
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: slip out before people. Now what I propose is that
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: we get fairly away. We shall buy a horse and
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: cart for with you. With us, we can go forward
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: more boldly than if we were alone. You will be grandmother,
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: and we shall be traveling from a farm near at
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: Tepeys to visit your daughter who is married to a
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: farmer near Nante. That will likely. That will be a
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: likely story now, and we can always make a detour
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: to avoid ten. It will be dark when you go
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: out this evening, so you can take three bundles of
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: clothes with you. The only thing is about tonight. The
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: weather is bitterly cold, and it is out of a
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: question that you should stop out all night. And yet
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: we could not ask for a lodging close to Paris.
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: Oh I see now, the best plan will be for
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: you to sleep tonight as Jacques. The good people will
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: manage somehow. Then we can start early in the morning. Yes,
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: and in that way it will not be necessary for
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Marie to go out and leave Victor. That will certainly
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: be the best way. Louis said, I have been wondering
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: ever since you said we must start this evening, what
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: would become of us tonight? When we once get fairly
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: away from Paris. It will be easier for the country.
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: People are kind hearted, and I think we shall always
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: be able to give shelter for the night. But just
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: outside Paris it would be different than where shall we
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: meet this evening. I will be at the end of
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: the street, Harry said. It is quite dark by five,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: so do you start a quarter of an hour later.
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: Hide your bundles under your cloaks, for if that fellow
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: is on the lookout, he might follow you if he
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: thought you were leaving. Draw your blinds up when you leave, Luis,
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: so that the room will look as usual, and then
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: it may be some time before anyone suspects you have left.
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: And if I were you, that would mention to some
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: of your neighbors this afternoon that you've had a letter
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: from your friends in Burgundy and are going away soon
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: with your nieces to stay with them for a while.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: You had better pay your rent for three months in advance,
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: and tell your landlord the same thing, saying that you
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: may go suddenly anytime. As a compierre who is in
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Paris and is also going back, it's going to take
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: charge of you on the journey, and that he may
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: call for you at any time. Thus, when he finds
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: that you have left, your absence will be accounted for.
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: Not that it makes much difference, or I hope that
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: when you have seen the girls safely to England, you
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: will make your home with them there. Yes, I shall
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: never come back here, the old woman said, never, even
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: if I can. Paris is hateful to me now, and
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: I have no reason for every wanting to come back.
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: In that case, Harry said, smiling, we may as well
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: save the three months. Rent. Oh, how I longed to
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: be in England, Virgennie exclaimed, And to see dear Ernest
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: and Jewels again. How anxious they must be about us,
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: not having heard of us all this long time. How
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: shall we know where to find them? You forget, Virgennie,
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: Jenny said, it was arranged they should go to Harry's
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: father when they get to England, and he will know
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: where they are living. There is sure to be no
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: mistake about that is there, Harry, none at all. Harry said,
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: you may rely upon it that directly you get to
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: my father, you will hear where your brothers are. And
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: now I will go and tell Marie that there is
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: no occasion for Victor to take a sleeping drop. Marie
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: was delighted when she heard that she was going to
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: have her sisters with her for the whole evening and night,
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: and at last busied herself with preparations for the accommodation
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: of her guests. Harry then went back to his attic,
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: made his clothes into a bundle, and took up the
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: bag of money from its hiding place under a board,
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: and placed it in his pocket. He had, since he
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: had been with ross Pierre, gradually changed the silver for
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: gold in order to make it more convenient to carry,
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: and it was now of comparatively little weight, although he
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: had drawn but slightly upon it, except for the payment
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: of the bride promise to the warder. His pistols were
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: also hidden under his blouse. He went downstairs and waited
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: the return of ross Pierre, citizen. He said, when he entered,
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: circumstances have occurred which render it necessary for me to
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: travel down to Nantes to escort a young girl, a
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: boy and an old woman to that town. They cannot
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: travel alone in such time as these, and they have
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: a claim upon me which I cannot ignore. Surely, friends
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: sand with, ross Pierre said, the affairs of France are
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: more importance than private matters like these. Assuredly they are
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: a citizen. But I cannot flatter myself that the affairs
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: of France will be any way injured by my temporary absence.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: My duty in this matter is clear to me, and
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: I can only regret that my temporary absence may put
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: you to some inconvenience. But I have a double favor
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: to ask you. The one is to spare me for
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: a time. The second that you will give me papers
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: recommending me and those traveling with me to the authorities
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: of the towns through which we shall pass. And these times,
• 27:22
  Speaker 1: when the enemies of the state are traveling throughout France
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: seeking to corrupt the minds of people, it is necessary
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: to have papers showing that one is a good citizen.
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: But I have no authority, ross Pierre said, I am
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: either a minister nor a ruler. You are not a
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: minister citizen, but you are assuredly a ruler. It is
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: to you men look more than to any other. Danton
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: is too headstrong and violent. You alone combined fearlessness in
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: the cause of France with that wisdom and moderation, which
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: are above all things necessary in guiding the state through
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: its dangers. Grosspierre's vanity was so inordinate that he accepted
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: the compliment as his dear, though he waved his hand
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: with the air of depreciation. Therefore, Citizen, Harry went on,
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: a letter from you may be more powerful than an
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: order from another. But these persons you travel with you, Citizen,
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: how am I to be sure they are not enemies
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: of France. France is not to be shaken, Harry said,
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: smiling by the efforts of an old woman of seventy,
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: a young boy and a girl. But I can assure
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: you that there are no enemies of France. A simple,
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: inoffensive people who have been frightened by the commotion of
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: Paris and longed to return to the country life to
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: which they are accustomed. Come, Citizen, if you refuse the
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: first boon which I ask of you, and methinks cannot
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: hesitate at granting one who has deserved well of you
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: this slight favor you are right, Ross Pierre said, I
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: cannot refuse you, even to the persons who accompany you
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: belong to a class of suspects, of which mine I
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: know nothing, though I may have my suspicions that I
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: have not forgotten. You know that you ask for the
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: life of the daughter of the DBS Marquis de Saint
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: cal and for aught. I know these children may be
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: of the same breed, but I will not ask you.
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: Did I know it? Even if the obligation I meant
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: under you would induce me to do what you ask for.
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: Although as children they can do no harm, they might
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: do so were they allowed to grow up hating France.
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: All children of suspect are, as you know, ordered to
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: be placed in the state schools. In order they may
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: be They have to learn to love the people of
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: France and to grow up worthy citizens. Now, how should
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: I word it, he said, taking up his pen, and
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: here he dictated, I hereby recommend citizen Henry signed with
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: age nineteen, who has been acting as my confidential secretary
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: to all public authorities, together with Cisatoni Moulin and her
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: two grandchildren, with whom he is traveling to this Rosspierre
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: signed his name and handed the paper to Harry. How
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: long will we be before your return, he asked, I
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: cannot I say exactly. Harry replied, as after I have
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: seen them to their destination, I may stop with them
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: for a few weeks. Ross Pierre nodded and held out
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: his hand. I should be glad to have you with
• 30:11
  Speaker 1: me again, where I have conceived a strong friendship from you,
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: and think none the worse of you, showing your gratitude
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: to the family and whom you are interested. Harry then
• 30:22
  Speaker 1: went into the kitchen where ross Pierre's sister was preparing
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: the next meal, and said goodbye to her. She had
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: taken a fancy to her brother's young secretary and expressed
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: a hope that his absence would be but a short one,
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: telling him that ross Pierre had said only the day
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: before how much work he had saved him, and that
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: he was determined to push his fortunes to the utmost.
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: Having thus paved the way for an appeal to ross
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: Pierre should he find himself in difficulties on the road,
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: Harry proceeded to Jacques's house and waited there until it
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: was time to go up to meet Luis and the girls.
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: Victor did not wake until the afternoon. The doctor had
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: called as usual, but had not roused him. He had
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: been told what had taken place, and he had held
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: out hope to Marie that Victor's improvement would be permanent
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: and that he would now make steady progress toward recovery.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: At the appointed hour, Harry was at his post to
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: meet the party. They came along with a few minutes
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: of time named, but instead of stopping to greet him,
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: they walked straight on. Jenny saying as she passed him,
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: I think we are followed. Harry at once drew back
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: and allowed them to go fifty yards on before he
• 31:31
  Speaker 1: moved after them. As there were many people about, it
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: was some little time before he could verify Jenny's suspicions.
• 31:37
  Speaker 1: Then he noticed that a man walking a short distance
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: ahead of him followed each turning that the others took.
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: Harry waited until they were in a quiet street, and
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: then quickened his pace until he was close behind the man,
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: and he drew one of his pistols, and, springing forward,
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: struck him a heavy blow on the head with its butt.
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: He fell forward on his face without a cry, and
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: Harry satisfied that he had stunned him, ran on and
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: overtook the others, and, turning down the first street they
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: came to, was assured that they were safe from pursuit.
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: We had noticed a man lounging against the house opposite
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: all afternoon, Jenny said, And he came to the conclusion
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: that he must be watching us, so we looked out
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: for him, and when we came out and noticed that
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: as soon as we went on, he began to walk
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: that way too, So I told Luis to walk straight
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: on without stopping. When we came up to you. I
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: was sure you would manage somehow to get rid of him,
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: Harry laughed. I fancy he will spend tomorrow in bed
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: instead of lounging about. Perhaps it will teach him to
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: mind his own business in future and to leave other
• 32:40
  Speaker 1: people alone. I'm very glad that he did follow you,
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: for I felt that I owed him one and was
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: sorry to leave Paris without paying my debt. Now I
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: think we are pretty well square. The meeting between the
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: sisters was indeed a happy one. They fell on each
• 32:55
  Speaker 1: other's necks, and for some time scarce the word was
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: spoken than they stood a little part and had a
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: long look at each other. You are changed, Marie, dear
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: Jenny said, you look pale, but you look too softer
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: and prettier than you used to. All my airs and
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: graces have been rubbed off, Marie said, with a slight smile.
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: I've learned so much, Jenny, and have been where no
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: noble blood has been the reverse of a recommendation. You
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: are changed too. The six months six months have altered you.
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: Your governor, your governanate would not call you a wild girl.
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: Now you are quite a woman. We have suffered too, Marie,
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: Jenny said, his tears came to her eyes at the
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: thought of change and losses of the last few months.
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: We have thought of you night and day. But Louise
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: has been very good to us. And as for Harry,
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: we owe everything to him. He has always been so
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: helpful and strong, and has cheered us up with promises
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: that he would bring you to us someday. Marie smiled.
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: You're right, Jenny. I used to laugh a little, you know,
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  Speaker 1: at your blo and your hero, and little thought that
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  Speaker 1: the time would have come when I should trust him
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  Speaker 1: as implicitly as you do. You have a right to
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  Speaker 1: be proud of him, Jenny, what thought you devotion and
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  Speaker 1: courage he has shown for us? And do you know
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  Speaker 1: he saved Victor two. Jacques has told me all about it,
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  Speaker 1: how Victor saw his father brought out to be murdered,
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  Speaker 1: and how half mad he was springing out to stand
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  Speaker 1: beside him, when Harry, as quick as thought, knocked him
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  Speaker 1: down before he could betray himself. And then Jacques, who
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  Speaker 1: was standing by saw it, helped him carry him here. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my dear, how much we owe him. And now Virgenny,
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  Speaker 1: she said, turning to the youngest, I must have a
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  Speaker 1: good look at you, little one, But no I mustn't
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  Speaker 1: call you little one any longer, for you already almost
• 34:43
  Speaker 1: as tall as I am. My child, How you have
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: been growing and you look so well. Louise must have
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: been feeding you up. Oh Louise, how much we all
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: owe to you too. And I hear you are going
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: to leave your comfortable home and take all of the
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  Speaker 1: girls on their journey. It was such a comfort to
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  Speaker 1: me when Harry told me I could not let them
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  Speaker 1: go alone. Mademoiselle, the old woman said, simply, it was
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  Speaker 1: only my duty. Besides, what should I do in Paris
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  Speaker 1: with all my children in England. Now, my DearS, take
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  Speaker 1: your things off. Marie said, I will just run in
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  Speaker 1: and see how Victor is getting on. Harry went straight
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  Speaker 1: into him, and I want to know whether Victor recognized him.
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  Speaker 1: End of Chapter eleven. Recording by Ryan Cherick.