Chapter

 1 I    |         too soon to complain. The little party were then passing
 2 I    |         and seemed to regain some little strength.~“Where are you
 3 I    |       customers.”~The old woman’s little red eyes traveled slowly
 4 II   |          exposing to his patron a little plan he had conceived, which
 5 II   |           moment’s leisure, and a little money in his pocket, he
 6 II   |         angry. After reflecting a little, he decided to adopt the
 7 II   |          suddenly on the right, a little in the rear, a large body
 8 III  |             His companion swore a little; but soon became silent
 9 III  |         Labor lost. There was but little snow on the ground near
10 III  |         old. Bring your lantern a little nearer—yes, here it is—our
11 III  |           women, the one with the little feet, sat down upon this
12 III  |         had a wedding-ring on the little finger of his right hand—”~
13 III  |      blame an old man for being a little like St. Thomas. ‘I have
14 III  |       other took the accomplice a little on one side, five or six
15 IV   |           again, the fog lifted a little, and they witnessed a phenomenon
16 IV   |         worn by the lady with the little feet. These had such small
17 IV   |        Greatly puzzled, and not a little anxious, Father Absinthe
18 IV   |  explanation, although he had but little more breath than was absolutely
19 IV   |          enough, they pour a nice little covering of it upon the
20 IV   |          he mixed one-half with a little water so as to form a thin
21 IV   |        which might, perhaps, be a little wanting in clearness of
22 V    |         to Father Absinthe. When, little by little, the excitement
23 V    |         Absinthe. When, little by little, the excitement caused by
24 V    |       another, we might have some little peace.”~He added that as
25 V    |    superior officer. But he cared little for that: Lecoq had become
26 V    |          He said no more, for the little party which he preceded
27 VI   |         before the murder.~It was little—very little—but still it
28 VI   |        murder.~It was little—very little—but still it was something.
29 VI   |           the owner’s identity. A little tobacco in a paper bag,
30 VI   |          truth, it was saying too little. He was gravity and coldness
31 VII  |        and then toward one of the little grated windows of the building
32 VII  |       clerk or the keeper of some little shop.”~Having obtained this
33 VII  |       proud.”~Looking through the little latticed window in the door,
34 VII  |          the culprit proceed some little distance, resolutely turn
35 VII  |          he called to him at some little distance. “I must return
36 VIII |         his horse, proved to be a little old man, with a ruddy complexion,
37 VIII |       standing under a lamp, some little distance off. I did not
38 VIII |          to them: ‘Wait a bit, my little friends, you have promised
39 VIII |        had been a plum tree. ‘You little fool!’ said she, ‘do you
40 VIII |     detective.~In the concierge’s little room he found an old woman
41 VIII |          curiosity, they paid but little attention to the unhealthy
42 VIII |          obliged to take him to a little restaurant close by. I entered
43 IX   |          examination. It takes so little, sometimes, to awaken a
44 IX   |         harm my grandson, my poor little Toto! Why, I should be worse
45 IX   |   interference would have been of little use. The three men who had
46 IX   |            With such a clue and a little patience, the mysterious
47 X    |           had apparently paid but little attention to the prisoner,
48 XI   |          an assurance of manner a little surprising in a man in his
49 XIV  |      Lecoq was the object had but little effect upon him, and he
50 XIV  |         console her, a task of no little difficulty, and which he
51 XV   |        beer afterward, took up no little time, and indeed a couple
52 XV   |       them.~“I seated myself at a little table,” he eventually resumed, “
53 XV   |          friend, and let us get a little sleep.”~Lecoq was a man
54 XV   |           her for the sake of her little hoard.~As long as the money
55 XV   |          robbing his wife of what little money she might have saved
56 XV   |          surprised, and perhaps a little frightened; but when Lecoq
57 XV   |        not sufficed to taint.~Her little boy furnished a striking
58 XV   |          a faded flaxen tint. One little circumstance attracted both
59 XV   |          a fool in arranging that little comedy at the Hotel de Mariembourg.
60 XV   |             Ah, I did not wish my little one to be a thief.”~But
61 XVI  |          post and take a pleasant little stroll through the neighborhood.
62 XVI  |      something new.” But as these little diversions never made him
63 XVII |       several in his pocket, in a little box which he would pull
64 XVII |           engaged in one of those little speculations which are more
65 XVIII|    moreover, able to procure many little luxuries, which are never
66 XVIII|          and yet this fact was of little import. It is not merely
67 XVIII|      young detective by his side.~Little by little anxiety did its
68 XVIII|  detective by his side.~Little by little anxiety did its work. Magistrate
69 XVIII|  naturalists who put all sorts of little insects under a magnifying
70 XVIII|         By dint of studying those little creatures—as you say—under
71 XVIII|      which can not be read with a little skill and patience; there
72 XVIII|        begged him to examine it a little further. He did so; and
73 XVIII|   returned, carrying in triumph a little volume in 32mo. With a trembling
74 XIX  | projectile. It was not until some little time had elapsed that he
75 XIX  |            The profession matters little. One may, perhaps, act as
76 XIX  |          be brief, then here is a little paper which was thrown into
77 XIX  |         of my aunts has left me a little land in the provinces worth
78 XIX  |          an opportunity to seek a little rest and recreation with
79 XX   |          lying idle, hurried to a little distance and began digging
80 XX   |     Father Absinthe withdrew to a little distance. He distrusted
81 XX   |          he had depended.~After a little, however, he shook off the
82 XX   |          such a plump, attractive little body as herself, having
83 XX   |       what am I to do?”~“Oh, very little. A man is coming here in
84 XXI  |    hitherto he had seemed to care little for the danger of pursuit
85 XXI  |         breathless, and Lecoq had little hope of seeing him again,
86 XXI  |         young detective thought a little exaggeration could do no
87 XXI  |          I wish to question him a little.”~
88 XXII |         his capture, and even the little finger of his left hand
89 XXII |        lock up the plate. After a little while I consented.”~A fleeting
90 XXII |          innocent prisoner—a poor little tailor, who was accused
91 XXIII|           host had been playing a little farce for their benefit,
92 XXIII|      twisted on his bed, uttering little cries of delight or disappointment,
93 XXIII|       pooh! my boy, let me talk a little while now. What axiom did
94 XXV  |           Abbe Midon, cure of the little village of Sairmeuse. The
95 XXV  |        something, I assure you. A little patience, and you will soon
96 XXV  |           What do you think of my little method of induction?”~But
97 XXV  |      truth, he had understood but little of the conversation.~As
98 XXV  |        pale, his lips trembling a little. “You will excuse my hypocrisy,