Chapter

3001 XXI  |                 and threatening by turns, swearing that he asked only one more
3002 XII  |            perspiration, and big drops of sweat rested on his pallid brow,
3003 XXIII|                  On a large canopied bed, sweating and panting beneath the
3004 XVII |                   to swallow a tumbler of sweetened wine, and sit down between
3005 XX   |                 it was a present from his sweetheart.~This uncomely being had
3006 VII  |                 soon concluded; and Lecoq swept the dust off the paper into
3007 XXI  |                for the fugitive proved as swift and agile as a stag, and
3008 XI   |                  a bather, who, unable to swim, imprudently advances into
3009 XXIV |                 his bait and the fish are swimming near, he doesn’t sound a
3010 XXV  |                  career with a mission to Switzerland; and during the existence
3011 XVII |                most fantastic mingling of syllables.~Still, nothing could daunt
3012 III  |          recommenced their investigations systematically. They advanced very slowly
3013 X    |                plan and combine different systems of defense according to
3014 XIX  |                   I can promise you is my tacit approval. Go, therefore,
3015 XIII |          magistrate and M. d’Escorval, so taciturn and haughty. This man, at
3016 XXI  |            unconsciousness of his want of tact, responded: “I think that
3017 XXII |           innocent prisoner—a poor little tailor, who was accused of killing
3018 XV   |                  live had not sufficed to taint.~Her little boy furnished
3019 III  |                   child’s mind by a fairy tale—doubt, faith, anxiety, and
3020 XVII |                 he believed that he had a talisman in his pocket which was
3021 IX   |         doorkeeper, who seemed to be in a talkative mood, “M. Segmuller—you
3022 XXV  |                the First Counsel by M. de Talleyrand, he began his diplomatic
3023 X    |                      The great wild beast tamer, sir. Ah! he could boast
3024 XVIII|           themselves—that of solving this tantalizing enigma. Lecoq, indeed, had
3025 IX   |                   reports, Lecoq went and tapped at a door that was indicated
3026 XI   |                   scratching his head and tapping his foot in evident perplexity. “
3027 XXI  |                    which was well-nigh in tatters. He had, in fact, rather
3028 XII  |                  truth, and you shouldn’t taunt me for having done so.”~
3029 XIV  |                    However, the jeers and taunts of which Lecoq was the object
3030 I    |              crowd of maskers filled each tavern, and public ballroom. Through
3031 XXIII|            receiving a reprimand from his teacher. After all was he not a
3032 XIV  |                much interested, I see, in teaching your parrot to talk.”~“It
3033 IX   |                   endeavored to extract a tear. “Oh, unhappy me,” she groaned. “
3034 III  |           drinking here, who either began teasing him, or who displayed too
3035 VI   |           physicians’ report set forth in technical terms, this was the only
3036 XVII |                   It would naturally be a tedious process to go from jeweler
3037 XVII |                 girl half-way through her teens. “There,” quoth the wine-seller, “
3038 II   |                 London. Two letters and a telegram were all that was necessary,
3039 IV   |               snow, or the mud, and their tell-tale impress remained as clear
3040 III  |                 the direction of the foot tells you that. No, he was not
3041 XVIII|                  of use, hoping that some telltale word might escape the prisoner’
3042 XIV  |                 state of the weather. The temperature was much milder; the snow
3043 XV   |                   furrows round about her temples. Still, there was an attribute
3044 XXI  |              station in which he had been temporarily confined with the Widow
3045 VI   |                    At first he was sorely tempted to confiscate this praise
3046 XXII |                   watch. The proposal was tempting—was it not? You would have
3047 XVII |                 record the names of their tenants, even should the latter
3048 XIX  |                his pocket on the spot and tendered it to the Norman valet as
3049 VII  |                  disappointment increased tenfold when, after entering the
3050 XXV  |                 him animosities likely to terminate only with his life.”~The
3051 XVI  |                heard his words of menace. Terror-stricken, she staggered back, and
3052 XII  |                    and yet his last words testified to my innocence.”~This sentimental
3053 XI   |               Then this millionaire could testify in your favor; it would
3054 III  |                 the contrary, he was very thankful for Gevrol’s blunder. Had
3055 X    |                   his wife, the necessary theatrical paraphernalia, and the members
3056 XIX  |         correctional court on a charge of theft; and, to his great astonishment,
3057 XIX  |                   to be a man of forty or thereabouts, very red in the face and
3058      | thereby
3059      | Thereupon
3060 XV   |                  former life of idleness, thieving, and debauchery. When at
3061 X    |             serpents as big round as your thigh, parrakeets of every color
3062 XI   |                  spoiled when one travels third-class, so on leaving Leipsic I
3063 XIX  |                heard himself sentenced to thirteen months’ imprisonment. After
3064 XV   |              commissary of police for the thirteenth arrondissement informed
3065 II   |                   direction—Grouchy— with thirty-five thousand men. So if this
3066 III  |                   being a little like St. Thomas. ‘I have touched it with
3067 I    |                 and on all the frequented thoroughfares the slush was ankle-deep.
3068 XXIV |                  should say carelessness, thoughtlessness. You are young—what else
3069 XVII |                   him. One by one all the threads upon which he had relied
3070 I    |            wounded man clenched his hands threateningly. “I will have my revenge,”
3071 IV   |                   see the misfortune that threatens us.”~“A misfortune!”~“A
3072 II   |             besides opening out a life of thrilling adventure with fame as its
3073      | throughout
3074 XXI  |                 instant afterward a heavy thud might have been heard. He
3075 X    |       contemptuous snap of his finger and thumb.~“And yet I’ve been arrested
3076 XIV  |                   the prisoner.~Lecoq was thunderstruck. When he had seen the commissary
3077 XIV  |                 and no one could give any tidings of him. He had not been
3078 XX   |                   possibly be expected to tie her bonnet strings in less
3079 VI   |                 an inexplicable influence tied the Widow Chupin’s tongue.
3080 X    |          menagerie and no mistake! Lions, tigers, and bears, serpents as
3081 X    |                  upon the trapeze and the tight-rope, and in innumerable other
3082 XVIII|          interstices of some ill-adjusted tiles. In this unattractive garret
3083 XVI  |               magistrate’s messenger, who timidly, and with a rather guilty
3084 XXI  |                 husbanding his breath and timing his steps with the precision
3085 XI   |                 that?”~A fleeting crimson tinge suffused the prisoner’s
3086 XXV  |           Sairmeuse (Anne-Marie-Victor de Tingry, Duc de).—A French general
3087 II   |                  into the decorations and tinsel that are so dazzling at
3088 XV   |                hair was of a faded flaxen tint. One little circumstance
3089 VIII |             relief, revealing the ghastly tints of the lifeless flesh, and
3090 XV   |          threatening gesture that the old tippler drew back in consternation. “
3091 III  |              standing. He was standing on tiptoe with outstretched neck and
3092 XXII |                those great advocates who, tired of practise at the bar,
3093 V    |               would be admitted under the title of an inquiry, and yet the
3094 XX   |                   suspicion, he entered a tobacconist’s shop and emerged an instant
3095 XIX  |                  the prison bell began to toll. It was eleven o’clock,
3096 X    |                   interred in that living tomb which you call a secret
3097 IX   |               hearth, he had taken up the tongs, and seemed to be engrossed
3098 XIX  |                   is not of that opinion. Tongues have been wagging busily
3099 XXI  |                 The sheds where gardening tools were kept, the conservatories,
3100 I    |                 her; wrinkled, shriveled, toothless, and haggard, her skin as
3101 XVIII|               newspaper articles, and the topic for such indignant comments,
3102 XXI  |               tree, and explored even the topmost branches.~“The murderer
3103 IV   |               murmured Lecoq.~Indeed, the topography of the district evidently
3104 IX   |               industrious, hence you have tormented and abused her to such an
3105 X    |            children amusing themselves by tormenting a chained animal. They watched
3106 XX   |                 however, he shook off the torpor that had for a time overpowered
3107 XXI  |                 the byways, passages, and tortuous alleys. Twice he almost
3108 XII  |                you see, sir, that you are torturing me frightfully, pitilessly!
3109 XVIII|                  he was disappointed. May tossed to and fro upon his pallet;
3110 XI   |                  of the waves, but now he totters, loses his footing—another
3111 XIX  |             Beranger, and he did not even touch the book; plainly, then,
3112 XIX  |                child would show for a new toy, he declared his belief
3113 VII  |         cool-headed fellow. While we were tracking his footprints he was watching
3114 XIII |                  and resolution. A vulgar tradesman attracted to the Poivriere
3115 IX   |              wretched old women, who have trafficked in every sort of vice, and
3116 VIII |                and paved the way for this tragical denouement?~It is true that
3117 III  |                hold upon her skirts; they trailed upon the snow, tracing a
3118 II   |              blind man, like an old horse trained for a riding school.~When
3119 XX   |                  and it was with the same tranquil manner that he next crossed
3120 I    |                most dangerous criminal as tranquilly as a devotee dips his fingers
3121 XVII |                  the jeweler recorded his transactions. He soon found the sale
3122 XIX  |                   As regards the proposed transfer of the suspected murderer
3123 V    |                  youth whom success might transform into a rival. He said no
3124 XXI  |                very well pleased with his transformation, and was evidently more
3125 XVIII|                   be folly to attempt its translation. This simple system is the
3126 XXIV |                  disciple to whom I might transmit my method of induction;
3127 IX   |            together, and that it had been transmitted by the accomplice to the
3128 VII  |              became conscious of what was transpiring around him. Soon the van
3129 VI   |               best,” he said at last, “to transport these three bodies to the
3130 VII  |                 to interrupt the keeper’s transports of satisfaction. “Are the
3131 X    |                  for their feats upon the trapeze and the tight-rope, and
3132 X    |                   they are careful not to travel any further unless absolutely
3133 XVII |                 make a false entry in her traveler’s registry at the Hotel
3134 XIV  |                 the register in which all travelers are compelled to inscribe
3135 XI   |                     In M. Simpson’s large traveling-carriage; it had been sold, but he
3136 XI   |                 till I lost myself, while traversing a tract of unoccupied land.
3137 XXIII|                    What! you have found a treasure like that,” said he, “and
3138 XXI  |                But at this moment all the treasures of the universe could not
3139 X    |        composition than a chicken.”~“Your treatment depends on your own conduct,”
3140 XIX  |                   awaiting your orders. I tremble.”~Having acquainted the
3141 I    |                   murmured, after several trials, “useless; they are dead!
3142 XX   |            straggling beard common to his tribe. His yellow hair, cut closely
3143 XXIII|             mentioned in the ‘Gazette des Tribunaux,’ and your comrade, Fanferlot
3144 XV   |                    at all events, sincere tribute to her worth.~Grateful for
3145 VIII |                   the murmur of the water trickling from a spigot at the head
3146 XIX  |                 arrive at the truth. Such tricks only bring the sacred majesty
3147 I    |                 was he about to press the trigger? No, he suddenly threw his
3148 XIX  |                broke the silence with the trite remark: “What a pity such
3149 XIV  |                necessity, he succeeded in triumphing over his attack of weakness,
3150 XXII |              still win great and glorious triumphs in their consulting rooms,
3151 VI   |                   going to say, the brave trooper evidently made an effort
3152 XX   |                   addition to the mounted troopers who always accompany these
3153 XX   |           murmured Father Absinthe, as he trotted along by Lecoq’s side.~“
3154 XII  |                discontented tone. But his troubles were by no means ended;
3155 XX   |                 without a sou’—that’s the trump card in our game!”~“Nonsense!
3156 XX   |                  voice, which rang like a trumpet blast, Fritz sprang to his
3157 XVII |                   orders, you will find a trusty messenger in the corridor,
3158 XV   |                  XV~Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, was very gay that year;
3159 VI   |                 shaven, excepting a thick tuft of hair on his rather prominent
3160 XX   |                 the chestnut trees in the Tuileries gardens stood out against
3161 XVII |                   girls used to swallow a tumbler of sweetened wine, and sit
3162 XXIII|                  immense ears, his odious turned-up nose, tiny eyes, and coarse,
3163 XVIII|                   keepers and subordinate turnkeys alike were quite willing
3164 XXV  |                 No, certainly not, but—”~“Tush! You are surprised because
3165 XIX  |                only practised at it for a twelvemonth, but I can easily make myself
3166 XVIII|                 he wishes to write is the twentieth on the page, he places number
3167 XVIII|             eighth following, ‘told’; the twenty-fifth, ‘her’; the second, ‘your’;
3168 XIX  |              further inquiries, he drew a twenty-franc piece from his pocket on
3169 II   |                   was some twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, almost beardless,
3170 III  |                  their empty brains, they twist and turn it, dwell upon
3171 III  |               while Lecoq was turning and twisting all these probabilities
3172 XXIII|                numerous blankets, lay the two-faced oracle—Tirauclair, of the
3173 XVIII|                  cell it was no more than two-thirds of an inch in diameter.
3174 XI   |              explanation. “After all,” he ultimately said, “the thing’s quite
3175 XXV  |                   by the intensity of his ultra-royalist opinions. It is certain
3176 XVI  |                  with a crime, but as yet un-convicted, is confined, unless his
3177 XIII |                whereas this man, entirely unaided, almost convinced me even
3178 XVIII|                May’s manner was virtually unaltered; and far from showing any
3179 I    |               soldier of the line. He was unarmed, and his large bluish gray
3180 XVIII|               ill-adjusted tiles. In this unattractive garret Lecoq established
3181 XVII |                   two well-filled glasses unbound, as by enchantment, the
3182 XVII |                This last question was not uncalled for; for Lecoq had turned
3183 VII  |                gone mad?” As he spoke, an uncharitable thought took possession
3184 XX   |               attire. “On going to see my uncle this morning, I found him
3185 XX   |                 from his sweetheart.~This uncomely being had the unhealthy
3186 XVIII|                   here.”~“I shall be less uncomfortable than you suppose; I have
3187 XV   |               while; and periodically she uncomplainingly allowed him to despoil her
3188 VII  |                   the vehicle in the most unconcerned manner, and took possession
3189 XXI  |                   his head, and in serene unconsciousness of his want of tact, responded: “
3190 XVIII|                 which are never denied to unconvicted prisoners, no matter what
3191 XVIII|                  the Depot alone remained unconvinced. He had declared that this
3192 II   |                 matter! He gave proofs of undaunted energy. He gave lessons,
3193 IX   |               opinion, she was soon to be undeceived; for, after addressing a
3194 XIV  |                    might attempt, in some underhand way, to frustrate his, Lecoq’
3195 XII  |                    is a man of brain, who understands his case. He won’t need
3196 XVII |             almost impossible task he had undertaken, and his obstinate perseverance
3197 XXII |                yours last evening. Before undertaking such a job with a man, one
3198 XI   |                    whereupon the prisoner undertook to show that the remark
3199 XIX  |                reproof was not altogether undeserved increased his resentment
3200 XV   |                 that Polyte had some very undesirable acquaintances? But don’t
3201 IV   |             perceive that the weather has undesirably changed. It is evident that
3202 XXI  |               object of any size was left undisturbed. The trees were examined
3203 VII  |          objection when he was ordered to undress, and to exchange his soiled
3204 VIII |                had thrown himself without undressing; and five minutes later
3205 II   |              accusation of ambition or of unduly taking advantage of his
3206 XIX  |                 the culprit was surprised unearthing the money from among a bed
3207 VIII |                   like to ring at such an unearthly hour for fear of disturbing
3208 X    |                    Father Tringlot was an uneducated man, entirely ignorant of
3209 XIV  |                  her glance was frank and unembarrassed; her voice was clear and
3210 III  |       unmistakable proofs.”~The spot, all unenclosed as it was, was evidently
3211 X    |                   of these great artists, unequaled in the world for their feats
3212 XVI  |                the two adversaries are so unequally armed, the man in the secret
3213 III  |                  almost effaced it.” This unexceptionable piece of circumstantial
3214 III  |               battle of Waterloo remained unexplained. But what did that prove
3215 XXI  |               entered not a nook was left unexplored, not a corner was forgotten.
3216 XXII |                   disappointment, and yet unextinguished hope of revenge: while poor
3217 I    |                    The way led through an unfinished, unnamed street, full of
3218 XXIII|             favorite grimace. And yet his ungainliness did not seem to worry him
3219 II   |                which, although unseen and unheard, still manages to hear and
3220 VI   |             accomplice, after two acts of unheard-of audacity, had also made
3221 XIX  |             governor’s vigilance has been unimpeachable. However, news from outside
3222 XV   |                   and sobbed in an almost unintelligible voice: “Ah, I did not wish
3223 X    |          gentlemen, to witness the grand, unique performance of these great
3224 IV   |                   successful! The plaster united in a homogeneous mass, forming
3225 I    |               name was Gevrol, but he was universally known as “the General.”
3226 XXI  |                  all the treasures of the universe could not have won a single
3227 II   |              amounted to nothing; for the university, on bestowing its diploma
3228 XV   |            fortnight ago—”~“Yes, and very unjustly, sir,” replied the neglected
3229 XVI  |         magistrate is possessed of almost unlimited powers. No one can hamper
3230 XV   |               danger, sleep with his door unlocked.~In response to his call,
3231 IX   |               looks. But M. Segmuller had unmasked so many hypocrites that
3232 XIV  |                 laughed and jeered at him unmercifully. “Ah! you are a shrewd fellow!”
3233 III  |                   a good place; I can see unmistakable proofs.”~The spot, all unenclosed
3234 I    |                led through an unfinished, unnamed street, full of puddles
3235 V    |            commissary, kindly; “and quite unnecessarily, since any investigation
3236 XXI  |            Grenelle, which he hoped to do unnoticed, in the bustle and confusion
3237 VIII |            attention to any atmospherical unpleasantness. Walking with a brisk stride,
3238 XXV  |                responsibility of the most unpopular measures. The hostility
3239 XV   |               Chupin. And yet despite his unprepossessing aspect there was no mistaking
3240 XV   |                flat nose; and he was very unpretending and affable in manner.~“
3241 IX   |                   my kind sir, heartless, unprincipled creatures. I did them many
3242 II   |                Only it is clear that if I unravel the mystery alone, I alone
3243 XXII |                were all imputed to a very unreasonable inclination to gallantry.
3244 II   |                his garret, after a day of unremitting toil, assailed by the thousand
3245 VIII |             himself that he might take it unrevealed to the grave.~Four o’clock
3246 XXI  |                   drawing-rooms, along an unrivaled picture gallery, across
3247 XVI  |                   detective relished this unseasonable jest. “You forget yourself,
3248 II   |           everywhere, and which, although unseen and unheard, still manages
3249 XVIII|              always read in their eyes an unshaken determination to conceal
3250 IV   |               curiosity, as anxious as an unsophisticated person who, having questioned
3251 I    |                threshold, shuddering with unspeakable horror.~Everything denoted
3252 XXIV |                 the less evident although unspoken. He could appreciate this
3253 XVII |               more than one murderer when unsuspectedly brought into the presence
3254 IX   |                  happened that while some unsuspecting culprit was complacently
3255 V    |               drawn out, the skein is not untangled. This night would undoubtedly
3256 XXIV |                  his name and honor still untarnished.”~Old Tabaret paused, and
3257 VI   |              merely being revealed by his untiring labors and the good he did
3258 IV   |                   paste, leaving the rest untouched on the side of the plate.~“
3259 II   |              every day, and left no means untried to earn an honest livelihood.
3260 XXV  |                  in the shade until I can unveil this mystery; but then I
3261 XVIII|                was impatient to see these unwelcome visitors depart; believing,
3262 XVI  |                   the portrait depict the unwholesome, livid pallor of his skin,
3263 V    |                too far to draw back, and, unwittingly, was now obliged to act
3264 XXI  |                 to the marvels of art and upholstery that were offered to his
3265 III  |            absolute certainty, completely upset all Father Absinthe’s ideas,
3266 XIV  |                  turning the whole office upside down looking for her keys,
3267 XII  |                   tone, he added with the urbanity that a man of the world
3268 VII  |                   with the prison and its usages.~He had also proved himself
3269 XII  |                added: “The court does not utilize the proofs and testimony
3270 V    |                                           V~It was some distance from
3271 VII  |                   and his eyes fixed upon vacancy.~“No,” murmured Lecoq, “
3272 IV   |               could not have crossed to a vacant space as they had done just
3273 III  |                  have been some strolling vagrant whose attention was attracted
3274 XIV  |              could any one indicate, even vaguely, the abode of the Widow
3275 XIII |                knave!” he exclaimed after vainly waiting for the magistrate
3276 VI   |                  whom had lost an earring valued at 5,000 francs, had witnessed
3277 XX   |               placed in one of the prison vans, and at the moment of starting
3278 VIII |                 itself rose an infectious vapor, impregnated with the stench
3279 VIII |                 running toward the Rue de Varennes.”~Lecoq was baffled again;
3280 XXI  |                 intentions. In the Rue de Varrennes, at only a few steps from
3281 IX   |               purport of his questions so veiled by his seeming frankness,
3282 X    |                  he could detect a hidden vein of irony in this reply.~“
3283 XIV  |               energy coursing through his veins. If he still felt a trifle
3284 XXI  |          passer-by their lawful prey. The vender and May were evidently debating
3285 XVII |                  reason to believe in the veracity of the marchioness’s assertions.
3286 VII  |               must, be pushed even to the verge of insult and outrage?~No;
3287 III  |                  cut short his desire for verification. “You, my old friend,” said
3288 XIX  |           speedily faded away. As for the versatile Goguet he returned with
3289 IX   |                 Widow Chupin was too well versed in criminal procedure to
3290 XVII |              simple marchioness.”~But the vertigo that had seized the young
3291 VIII |                  his shoulders in evident vexation, which would inevitably
3292 VI   |                                           VI~No consultation held at
3293 XXI  |              things to eat and drink—such viands, indeed, as he had never
3294 XX   |                  and knows nothing of the vicissitudes of life.”~The young detective
3295 XVII |                 holds a court position at Vienna: and who could not leave
3296 XIX  |                cipher note the governor’s vigilance has been unimpeachable.
3297 XXI  |                  off his assailant, but a vigorous kick stretched him on the
3298 VII  |                                           VII~When, after a rapid walk
3299 VIII |                                           VIII~Lecoq did not sleep that
3300 III  |              terror of the situation, the vileness of the den, the horror of
3301 XXV  |                 Midon, cure of the little village of Sairmeuse. The baron
3302 XV   |                but also the hatred of the villain’s mother—that old hag, the
3303 III  |                   I would not have you do violence to your convictions. When
3304 I    |                   To his failings and his virtues he added incontestable courage,
3305 II   |               ears. He was dazzled by the vision of an infinite number of
3306 VIII |              driver suddenly paused: some vivid remembrance passed through
3307 VII  |              bluish, nauseous mixtures in vogue around the barrieres—hoping,
3308 IX   |                   way, with conjurer-like volubility, not a muscle of M. Segmuller’
3309 X    |     hochloeblichen Obrigkeit, wird heute, vor hiesiger ehrenwerthen Burgerschaft,
3310 XI   |               respectable person who will vouch for the truth of this story?”~“
3311 VII  |               with questions, but did not vouchsafe so much as a single word
3312 XIX  |                   first instalment of his wages.~But instead of pocketing
3313 XIX  |                opinion. Tongues have been wagging busily during your illness.
3314 VI   |                 the coat and examined the waist-band of the pantaloons. “You
3315 VII  |                 decided to put a straight waistcoat on him. Lecoq assisted at
3316 XV   |                  a long while afterward a waiter came and woke me and told
3317 XVII |                   at the counter, nor the waiters, nor any of the customers
3318 XXI  |                drew back in turns all the wall-hangings, window-curtains, and portieres.
3319 XVII |                  the present day—an extra waltz, or the merest draft, and
3320 XV   |                  a lost dog that has been wandering about in the rain and the
3321 XIX  |                   he is going, or what he wants. No pass is necessary for
3322 VIII |                   clerks in some store or warehouse. Suddenly I noticed that
3323 II   |               face to face with the still warm bodies of three murdered
3324 XV   |               calico dress, the child was warmly clad in stout woolen material.~“
3325 XIV  |              happy thought. A hearty meal washed down with a couple of glasses
3326 XX   |            minutes the anxiety of the two watchers amounted to actual agony;
3327 XX   |                    A long chalk mark on a watchmaker’s shop pointed to the Boulevard
3328 II   |                 lips, and an abundance of wavy black hair. He was rather
3329 XII  |                   was of opinion that the weakest point of the prisoner’s
3330 XVII |         complexion; and very wrinkled and weatherbeaten about the face. She’s quite
3331 III  |                  had been so, as he had a wedding-ring on the little finger of
3332 XX   |                 an eye perhaps to renewed wedlock, could not possibly be expected
3333 XII  |               that he would be obliged to weigh each answer carefully. “
3334 V    |                 men picked up five of the weighty glasses ordinarily used
3335 VI   |                gleam of light was eagerly welcomed.~“Lacheneur!” growled Gevrol; “
3336 V    |                   By hiding one’s self on well-chosen occasions, one gains greater
3337 XXIV |                  the danger of allowing a well-disposed witness’s zeal to cool down.”~“
3338 XVII |                 did, and the sight of two well-filled glasses unbound, as by enchantment,
3339 II   |                 The son of a respectable, well-to-do Norman family, Lecoq had
3340 III  |                  s own room, they found a well-trimmed lantern, so small and compact
3341 VII  |            Suddenly a couple of big tears welled from his swollen eyelids,
3342 VII  |             gentle as a lamb. It was in a wheedling voice, and with tearful
3343 X    |                 behind his left heel, and wheeled around. Goguet, the smiling
3344      | whence
3345      | whereby
3346      | whereupon
3347 XVII |                toward his lodgings, “that whichever side I turn, in this affair,
3348 IX   |          unfortunate, my good judge,” she whined.~“Yes, several times. First
3349 IV   |                 much the same effect as a whip-up on a spirited horse. He
3350 XIV  |                the commissary.~The driver whipped up his horse once more,
3351 VII  |                  the coachman was already whipping up the horse.~“And to think
3352 XV   |                with a loud and protracted whir. Shrill and sonorous as
3353 XVIII|                the circles of the passing whirlpool grow larger and larger;
3354 V    |                   than the commissary. He whistled as he walked along, flourishing
3355 IX   |           innocent, that my character was whiter than snow. My poor, dear
3356 II   |                  his perseverance was not wholly useless, for, springing
3357 V    |                    with a charred smoking wick, cast its flickering light
3358 IX   |               allowed to have through the wicket of the latter’s cell.~Invited
3359 XV   |                added that they had become widely known, and that the unfortunate
3360 III  |                 broad, short foot growing wider toward the end. It had evidently
3361 II   |               before, now opened to their widest extent. “Good heavens!”
3362 XXII |            weapons they no longer care to wield themselves.~When the authorities
3363 I    |                   of absence to visit the wig maker.”~“At least—”~But
3364 XVI  |             gloomy face.~And yet, fate so willed it that the doorkeeper’s
3365 XXI  |                   course through the many winding streets that lie between
3366 XXI  |              turns all the wall-hangings, window-curtains, and portieres. A more complete
3367 I    |                 through the cracks in the window-shutters, gleamed a reddish light
3368 XV   |              gloomy attic of medium size, windowless, but provided with a small
3369 XVII |                 teens. “There,” quoth the wine-seller, “goes the marchioness’s
3370 IX   |                   profession?”~“Dealer in wines and spirits outside of Paris,
3371 X    |             brightened, he gave a comical wink, and finally burst into
3372 XV   |               games more. I still kept on winning. He insisted upon another
3373 XVI  |              secret cell not unfrequently wins the victory. If he is sure
3374 XXI  |             pausing every now and then to wipe his mouth on the back of
3375 X    |                 hochloeblichen Obrigkeit, wird heute, vor hiesiger ehrenwerthen
3376 XIX  |                continue. It would be much wiser to decide upon the course
3377 VIII |          impatience; but he felt that the wisest course was not to interrupt
3378 VII  |                 furiously, “because—” Not wishing to disclose the real cause
3379 XVIII|                laughter by his sallies of wit, delivered between bursts
3380 XVI  |                   and then she caught his withering glance and heard his words
3381 XXI  |                  see if his devotion will withstand the prospect of hard labor
3382 XV   |               afterward a waiter came and woke me and told me to go. Then
3383 XIV  |         information concerning a “foreign workman named May.”~He conducted
3384 XXII |                 up mountains of tattered, worm-eaten volumes in immense oak bookcases.
3385 XV   |                   revealed how deeply she worshiped her persecutor; and during
3386 XI   |                far, M. Segmuller had been worsted in the encounter. It is
3387 XXI  |                carrying it under his arm, wrapped up in a handkerchief. The
3388 XVII |                  fragment of the floating wreck, Lecoq turned his steps
3389 XVIII|        prosecution, equally determined to wrest it from him. “Upon my word,
3390 VIII |                 grown very pale. “Ah! the wretches!” he exclaimed. “I am no
3391 XIII |                   rules and deductions of writers for the stage.~“What a knave!”
3392 XVIII|               happens to be the sixth, he writes the figure 6, and he continues
3393 II   |                   the patient shrieks and writhes beneath his operating knife.~“
3394 XIV  |                 It is in the drawer of my writing-table. Whatever can I have done
3395 X    |                                           X~If it is difficult to extort
3396 XI   |                                           XI~The governor of the Depot,
3397 XII  |                                           XII~M. Segmuller certainly wished
3398 XIII |                                           XIII~When the prisoner had gone,
3399 XIV  |                                           XIV~Long, narrow, and low of
3400 XIX  |                                           XIX~Yet what a disappointment
3401 XV   |                                           XV~Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday,
3402 XVI  |                                           XVI~The extreme uncertainty
3403 XVII |                                           XVII~On his way back to his office,
3404 XVIII|                                           XVIII~When a heavy stone is thrown
3405 XX   |                                           XX~When one of the investigating
3406 XXI  |                                           XXI~So the landlady of the Hotel
3407 XXII |                                           XXII~It was six o’clock, and
3408 XXIII|                                           XXIII~On a large canopied bed,
3409 XXIV |                                           XXIV~Lecoq’s confidence in the
3410 XXV  |                                           XXV~How this idea had entered
3411 II   |                 his companion, who with a yawn that threatened to dislocate
3412 VII  |                Widow Chupin, who sang and yelled her imprecations alternately.~
3413 XVIII|              haggard; and yet the idea of yielding never once occurred to them.
3414 XII  |                 control his feelings. “He yields,” he thought, “he succumbs—
3415 XVIII|                   that this inexperienced youngster could be no match for an
3416      | yourselves
3417 II   |                  shrewder or any the more zealous. Still he had this merit,
3418 IV   |             tracing the most inexplicable zigzags, sometimes sinking to the
3419 V    |             overcoat: as for his boots—”~“Zounds!” exclaimed Gevrol, “and
3420 X    |                ehrenwerthen Burgerschaft, zum erstenmal aufgefuhrt—Genovesa,