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1 I, I | correspondent was named Alcide Jolivet. Harry Blount was
2 I, I | a wildgoose chase,” said Alcide Jolivet to himself, “it
3 I, I | fete is charming!” said Alcide Jolivet pleasantly, thinking
4 I, I | Kingdom.~“Nevertheless,” added Alcide Jolivet, “I felt compelled
5 I, I | the pen.~“Yes,” returned Alcide Jolivet, “my cousin Madeleine.
6 I, I | correspondent.~“Then,” continued Alcide Jolivet, “you know that,
7 I, I | reached Udinsk,” observed Alcide Jolivet, with some satisfaction.~“
8 I, I | much less slippery,” added Alcide Jolivet, holding up his
9 I, IV | This was the correspondent Alcide Jolivet, and the reason
10 I, IV | political matters.”~Whilst Alcide Jolivet noted down his impressions
11 I, IV | with the suspicions which Alcide Jolivet had aroused. He
12 I, IV | to be as well informed as Alcide Jolivet’s “cousin.” But
13 I, V | Messrs. Harry Blount and Alcide Jolivet. Jolivet, an optimist
14 I, VII | success to the most expert! Alcide Jolivet had made the first
15 I, VIII| noting some observation; Alcide Jolivet contenting himself
16 I, VIII| rejoined the steamer. Was Alcide Jolivet about to miss his
17 I, VIII| drawn onto the quay, but Alcide Jolivet would not stick
18 I, VIII| the Russians say,” replied Alcide Jolivet, “I’m a good fellow,
19 I, XI | his turn his companion, Alcide Jolivet, in accordance with
20 I, XI | Mr. Korpanoff,” replied Alcide. “Fancy! our driver has
21 I, XI | thing in the world,” replied Alcide. “Go and harness yourself
22 I, XI | ground at a rattling pace.”~Alcide said all this with such
23 I, XI | That, Mr. Korpanoff,” said Alcide, “is indeed a generous proposal.”~“
24 I, XI | Really, sir,” answered Alcide, “with your horse and our
25 I, XI | good joke, confrere?” cried Alcide.~“Then, gentlemen, if you
26 I, XI | dear Blount!” exclaimed Alcide; “it has taken such good
27 I, XI | Michael.~Walking along, Alcide Jolivet chattered away as
28 I, XI | possibly meet again, and—”~Alcide Jolivet did not put any
29 I, XI | Blount and I,” replied Alcide, “go where danger is certainly
30 I, XI | nothing as yet,” replied Alcide; “but we shall certainly
31 I, XI | that he was. Besides, since Alcide and his companion intended
32 I, XI | Indeed, sir,” replied Alcide, “we only know what they
33 I, XI | are always known,” replied Alcide; “it is in the air.”~“Then
34 I, XI | silence.~“I knew it,” replied Alcide.~“And do you know that he
35 I, XI | letter to my cousin,” replied Alcide, smiling.~“You lost no time
36 I, XI | repartee which Harry Blount and Alcide exchanged. He was thinking
37 I, XI | cried he.~“Hullo!” said Alcide to himself, “this quiet
38 I, XI | two journalists came up. Alcide seized the horse’s head,
39 I, XI | rapid stroke. “Bravo!” cried Alcide; “for a simple merchant,
40 I, XI | a little of everything.”~Alcide regarded him attentively.
41 I, XI | formidable fellow,” said Alcide to himself. Then advancing
42 I, XI | girl.~Nadia bowed slightly.~Alcide turned towards his companion. “
43 I, XI | right, my friend,” said Alcide, who understood the insinuation, “
44 I, XI | his claim of “na vodkou.”~Alcide Jolivet, at this burst of
45 I, XI | my dear fellow!” cried Alcide. “Things must indeed change
46 I, XI | all burst into a laugh.~Alcide, enchanted with his own
47 I, XII | happened that Blount and Alcide had not the slightest trouble
48 I, XII | Whose hind wheels,” added Alcide, “are warranted to arrive
49 I, XII | Nothing out of the way. Alcide spoke in sentences; Blount
50 I, XII | joined in conversation.~Alcide, without going beyond the
51 I, XII | discuss with his companion.~Alcide having asked him, on one
52 I, XII | his grandmother!” replied Alcide, angry at his indifference. “
53 I, XII | What, Mr. Korpanoff,” said Alcide Jolivet, “shall you not
54 I, XII | journey, Mr. Korpanoff,” said Alcide, “and Heaven preserve you
55 I, XII | before Michael.~Blount and Alcide Jolivet advanced towards
56 I, XVII| reporters, Harry Blount and Alcide Jolivet, no longer traveling
57 I, XVII| possession of the wicket, whilst Alcide Jolivet, contrary to his
58 I, XVII| dispatch.~“My turn now,” cried Alcide Jolivet, anxious to send
59 I, XVII| no holiday have seen.’”~Alcide Jolivet would have liked
60 I, XVII| quizzical look at his rival.~Alcide Jolivet fumed.~In the meanwhile
61 I, XVII| lines dictated by Blount, Alcide Jolivet noiselessly took
62 I, XVII| Paris!”~Imitating his rival, Alcide Jolivet had used a merry
63 I, XVII| dust filled the office.~Alcide was just finishing writing
64 I, XVII| greatest possible coolness, Alcide wrote: “A six-inch shell
65 I, XVII| could effect their retreat.~Alcide Jolivet, his useless dispatch
66 II, I | prisoners Harry Blount and Alcide Jolivet had also been taken
67 II, I | him much pain, and without Alcide Jolivet’s assistance he
68 II, I | And on this affirmation Alcide, tearing his handkerchief,
69 II, I | frontier?”~“Why not?” answered Alcide. “By this time you may be
70 II, I | companion.~“Well,” answered Alcide, laughing, “my cousin is
71 II, I | Well, well! Good,” murmured Alcide Jolivet; “there he is asleep.
72 II, I | whilst Harry Blount rested, Alcide watched near him, after
73 II, I | During this trying period Alcide Jolivet and Michael Strogoff
74 II, II | They were Harry Blount and Alcide jolivet.~On Ogareff’s arrival
75 II, II | in the face.”~So saying, Alcide Jolivet assumed a look of
76 II, II | my dear friend,” replied Alcide, smiling, “that the housch-begui
77 II, II | it, of course,” replied Alcide, “and go quietly to Tomsk
78 II, II | gave the order to start.~Alcide and Blount, having bought
79 II, III | was that of no other than Alcide Jolivet. “Par-dieu!” said
80 II, III | in his position,” replied Alcide. “What a scar the Colonel
81 II, IV | thought Harry Blount and Alcide Jolivet, the two inseparables,
82 II, IV | distance the Emir’s scouts.~Alcide and Blount mingled therefore
83 II, IV | see, my dear Blount,” said Alcide, “we have come too soon,
84 II, IV | curtain is going to rise.” Alcide Jolivet spoke as if he had
85 II, IV | violently to the ground.~Alcide Jolivet and his companion
86 II, IV | cowardly—let us go,” said Alcide.~“No,” answered Blount; “
87 II, IV | See it all!—ah!” cried Alcide, suddenly, grasping his
88 II, IV | be worse than useless.”~Alcide Jolivet, who had been about
89 II, V | comes the ballet,” said Alcide to Blount; “but, contrary
90 II, V | remarkable, and what struck Alcide, was that the Persians appeared
91 II, V | No doubt of it,” cried Alcide. “Their eyes, I imagine,
92 II, V | agents in the Emir’s service, Alcide Jolivet was, by all accounts,
93 II, V | Lavish as robbers,” said Alcide in the ear of his companion.
94 II, V | while you may”~But this time Alcide observed that the executioner
95 II, V | have carried so far, yet Alcide Jolivet could not restrain
96 II, V | the square.~“Blount,” said Alcide to his companion, “are you
97 II, V | cousin!”~“Poor fellow!” added Alcide, as he watched Michael. “
98 II, V | intended to follow what Alcide called, by anticipation, “
99 II, X | resolved to make the attempt.~Alcide directly communicated with
100 II, X | over the Ural Mountains. Alcide Jolivet seemed to be rather
101 II, X | And with a careless air, Alcide rose and followed her, making
102 II, X | destroyed your sight,” said Alcide.~“I have Nadia, and her
103 II, X | was already below zero.~Alcide and Blount, though they
104 II, X | know the contents of it? Alcide Jolivet and Blount could
105 II, XI | never meet again!~As to Alcide Jolivet and Harry Blount,
106 II, XI | much the better!” thought Alcide Jolivet, “to move others,
107 II, XI | Chance discovered it to Alcide Jolivet in this way:—Lying
108 II, XI | been made of mineral oil. Alcide, aiding his touch by his
109 II, XI | were the questions which Alcide asked himself, but he thought
110 II, XI | there? “At any rate,” said Alcide, “whatever the danger may
111 II, XI | never be finished!” said Alcide, brandishing his dagger,
112 II, XI | You hear them,” said Alcide.~“Yes,” replied Michael, “
113 II, XV | This had been noted by Alcide Jolivet in his book in this
114 II, XV | to imitate them?” asked Alcide of his friend.~“Pooh!” said
115 II, XV | to be married!” answered Alcide, laughing.~“So much the
116 II, XV | dear Blount!” exclaimed Alcide Jolivet, “I was just going
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