Chapter

 1 II   |    that this triple murder was merely the result of one of those
 2 III  |      at this point.”~Was Lecoq merely amusing himself by inventing
 3 IV   |     Rue du Chevaleret, and not merely was there scarcely any snow
 4 IV   |        Oh!”~“Twenty minutes of merely gentle rain, and our time
 5 IV   |    least important; for he had merely held the lantern. But here
 6 V    |  efforts of his chief had been merely confined to breaking open
 7 VI   |       He protested that he had merely killed in self-defense.
 8 VI   |    retired life, his existence merely being revealed by his untiring
 9 VIII | footprints behind her. And not merely was she of a superior rank,
10 IX   |  substitute for the truth, not merely strengthen Lecoq’s theories,
11 IX   |       Here, old woman!’ Did he merely guess that the establishment
12 X    |       a strait-waistcoat, were merely obeying the orders of their
13 XI   |      As for the magistrate, he merely greeted the murderer’s reply
14 XI   |        the Poivriere, which is merely frequented by suspicious
15 XI   |    long before I grew weary of merely looking on. Rather disappointed,
16 XI   |        Now, if you started out merely with the intention of amusing
17 XI   |       prisoner’s narrative not merely agreed with the doctor’s
18 XII  |        man or for a culprit; I merely wish to arrive at the truth.
19 XV   |       he returned home, it was merely with the view of robbing
20 XV   |   resistance which excited not merely his own ire, but also the
21 XV   |         Oh, tell me at once.”~“Merely by answering me frankly,
22 XVI  |       eight o’clock he was not merely dressed and shaved, he had
23 XVI  | dressed and shaved, he had not merely taken his matutinal chocolate
24 XVII |         even should the latter merely sojourn under their roofs
25 XVIII|     persistently animated, not merely the prisoner May, but also
26 XVIII|       little import. It is not merely unpleasant, but often extremely
27 XX   |       no time in parleying. He merely showed his card to acquaint
28 XXI  |     May was not inside. He had merely passed through the vehicle,
29 XXI  |     their walk, and talked not merely loudly but both at the same