Chapter

  1        I|        hamlet of Sairmeuse.~ ~The two hours which the women consecrated
  2        I|      around a young man who, only two days before, had returned
  3        I|    support for himself, his wife, two sons—terrible youths, who,
  4        I|        son, Monsieur Martial, and two servants.’”~ ~Here, in the
  5        I|         will be here in less than two hours.”~ ~“How do you know?”~ ~“
  6        I|       Oiselle, which always yield two crops; from you, Father
  7       II|         ascending road, more than two miles in length, shaded
  8       II|         only by force of habit.~ ~Two or three times his daughter,
  9       II|      enormous sum for him who, in two years of toil and privation
 10       II|      Lacheneur.~ ~Appointed mayor two years later, he left the
 11       II|            His wife had given him two lovely children, a son and
 12      III|        She possessed a fortune of two hundred and fifty thousand
 13      III|        and emaciated face, cut in two by an immense nose—a real
 14      III|      Midon.~ ~At the sight of the two strangers seated in his
 15      III|         not hungry, though it was two o’clock, and he had eaten
 16       IV|           were to be champions of two different principles, as
 17        V|           gazing anxiously at the two roads leading from Escorval
 18        V|          anything— nothing but my two hands. They earned me my
 19        V|             How comfortable those two old people will be there.
 20       VI|      errors of adolescence.~ ~The two children were equally timid
 21       VI|       tacit agreement between the two families.~ ~Yes, the marriage
 22       VI|      forming a trumpet out of his two hands, he called:~ ~“Oh!
 23       VI|           old scoundrel, with his two rascally boys, and that
 24       VI|    Sairmeuse there were more than two hundred idiots before the
 25       VI|           was gray. Ah! how those two laughed and made fun of
 26      VII|           reassuring faces of his two sons.~ ~He came as an ambassador,
 27      VII|         occupied with thoughts of two women who had made a profound
 28      VII|          He was thinking of those two young girls, so utterly
 29       IX|          yet I promised him, only two hours ago, that I would
 30        X|         obliged to calculate that two ends might meet—he, who
 31        X|         of perfect equality, like two companions of the same age.~ ~
 32        X|           authorization, Martial, two hours later, started on
 33       XI|    restrained the hatred of these two young men. Their attitude,
 34       XI|        thrown herself between the two men who were ready to kill
 35       XI|     promise that you will not see two of my friends.”~ ~“Oh! whenever
 36      XII|             He turned, and seeing two men running after him and
 37     XIII|          suffered during the past two or three days.~ ~And her
 38     XIII|         Sairmeuse.~ ~So, when the two girls embraced each other,
 39      XIV|            Do you know that those two young people will have a
 40       XV|          CHAPTER XV~ ~It was only two weeks since the Duc de Sairmeuse
 41       XV|        had been at Sairmeuse only two days, and yet he unhesitatingly
 42       XV|      re-entered the room, and the two men said no more. A truly
 43      XVI|        unfortunate man, who, only two days before, had relinquished
 44      XVI|        roof.~ ~A bed, a table and two wooden benches constituted
 45      XVI|        number of tiny packages.~ ~Two men were engaged in arranging
 46      XVI|           he would have perceived two figures in the wood. Mlle.
 47     XVII|        the country folks will see two weddings at about the same
 48     XVII|           you by my maid, and you two may agree upon the price.
 49     XVII|      avail themselves— calumny.~ ~Two or three abominable stories
 50       XX|          how do I know, Monsieur? Two thousand, perhaps—perhaps
 51       XX|           Sairmeuse and return in two hours.”~ ~Chupin endeavored
 52       XX|        rebels will be here before two o’clock in the morning.”~ ~
 53       XX|          turning a corner, he saw two men talking in a doorway,
 54       XX|         shook him so roughly that two pistols, which had been
 55      XXI|     rapidly as Chupin had said.~ ~Two circumstances, which it
 56      XXI|      already in the stirrup, when two men sprang from the neighboring
 57      XXI| concentrated fury:~ ~“What do you two men want with me?”~ ~“We
 58      XXI|          This light tells me that two or three hundred retired
 59      XXI|        general rendezvous. Before two o’clock fifteen hundred
 60     XXII|          been at the Croix d’Arcy two hours before. But he had
 61     XXII|     Montaignac by the other road, two men will accompany her as
 62     XXII|         his followers when he saw two men running toward him at
 63     XXII|          rendezvous?”~ ~“At least two thousand.”~ ~“And what is
 64     XXII|            These peasants, nearly two thousand in number, were
 65     XXII|       centre of the open space.~ ~Two men alighted; Baron d’Escorval
 66     XXII|          A shout of approval from two thousand throats replied:~ ~“
 67     XXII|          implore him to send some two men on in advance to reconnoitre;
 68    XXIII|       Reinforcements are at hand; two thousand men are following
 69    XXIII|           me!”~ ~He promised them two thousand men; had he promised
 70    XXIII|           remained, including the two retired officers.~ ~Marie-Anne
 71    XXIII|          never be really known.~ ~Two minutes after the departure
 72     XXIV|              He returned in about two hours, pale, frightened,
 73     XXIV|           and at a sign from him, two servants gently lifted Marie-Anne,
 74     XXIV|          Emperor over all Europe. Two small, ferocious gray eyes
 75     XXIV|         fox that knows a thing or two. If there is any hiding-place
 76     XXIV|      search,” said he. “You, with two men, will remain here, and
 77     XXIV|    soldiers were degraded!”~ ~The two men responded by a sullen
 78     XXIV|         my name and in that of my two men, that you are as free
 79      XXV|         were obliged to pass, and two officers were stationed
 80      XXV|        the name “d’Escorval,” the two officers evinced such surprise
 81      XXV|          but it had not traversed two hundred yards of the Grand
 82      XXV|          had a good horse, and in two hours——”~ ~A glance and
 83      XXV|          glances on every side.~ ~Two or three who were acquaintances
 84      XXV|       there were, at this moment, two hundred prisoners in the
 85      XXV|         nevertheless, it is true. Two officers belonging to the
 86      XXV|         pursued M. Laugeron, “the two officers examined the body
 87      XXV|          who had been arrested.~ ~Two footmen, in gorgeous livery
 88     XXVI|         previous night; the other two were in Montaignac.~ ~What
 89     XXVI|          that he, in company with two grenadiers, would escort
 90     XXVI|        exclaimed.~ ~As usual, the two men assented with an oath.~ ~
 91    XXVII|           divided the chapel into two parts. It was a precaution
 92    XXVII|         which may be summed up in two words: “vae victis.”~ ~The
 93    XXVII|         course, there will be but two judgments to be pronounced,”
 94    XXVII|        Upon a sign from the duke, two gendarmes approached and
 95    XXVII|           hundred thousand souls, two pure and innocent victims
 96   XXVIII|        his teeth, he drew from it two letters, wrapped carefully
 97   XXVIII|       return to Montaignac before two o’clock.~ ~“‘Then I accept
 98     XXIX|           which will be healed in two or three weeks. My son-in-law,
 99     XXIX|          frontier in company with two of his friends. By this
100     XXIX|          will return in less than two hours, and then we can decide
101     XXIX|         up the stairs and through two or three rooms. At last
102      XXX|        from examining his window. Two rows of iron bars protected
103      XXX|          door of his cell open.~ ~Two soldiers appeared.~ ~One
104      XXX|           But at the same moment, two objects thrown through the
105      XXX|            Someone had thrown him two files.~ ~His first feeling
106      XXX|          chosen the finest of the two files, and was about to
107      XXX|           an alliance between our two families!”~ ~The new-comer
108      XXX|        were heavy, and there were two rows of them.~ ~M. d’Escorval
109      XXX|           escape would consist of two distinct operations; the
110      XXX|         this, had brought Martial two ropes; the one to be used
111      XXX|         below, they could see the two figures moving about on
112      XXX|        the rock.~ ~In a moment or two one of the figures stepped
113     XXXI|          in low tones near him.~ ~Two peasants were emptying a
114     XXXI|          Not far from him, he saw two dead bodies which had not
115     XXXI|           miles. There were about two hundred soldiers, and they
116     XXXI|            The mountains lay only two leagues away; and he firmly
117     XXXI|         of twenty thousand francs—two thousand pistoles, you understand—
118     XXXI|          hills of Charves, he saw two men, who sprang up and fled
119     XXXI|      Lacheneur saw that they were two of his followers. They were
120     XXXI|       were left alone.”~ ~But the two farmers did not accept the
121     XXXI|        voice.~ ~“Your friends—the two men who supped there at
122     XXXI|          party were not more than two hundred feet from the house
123     XXXI|           great bell was striking two when Lacheneur was brought
124    XXXII|       gratitude.~ ~A little after two o’clock he heard sounds
125    XXXII|    sounding of the reveille, when two countrywomen, who were carrying
126    XXXII|           compelled to accomplish two successive descents.~ ~To
127    XXXII|           the necessity of having two ropes. Martial had provided
128    XXXII|           was not a single piece. Two pieces had been knotted
129   XXXIII|           when at about half-past two o’clock, after Lacheneur
130   XXXIII|           be publicly proven that two of the six men had taken
131   XXXIII|           and the six doomed men, two of whom were known to be
132    XXXIV|        astonishment, sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.~ ~But
133    XXXIV|   believed as he did? Where could two young people be found more
134     XXXV|        the while as if there were two corporals; one prompt to
135     XXXV|         and dizzy.~ ~When he rose two men seized him roughly.~ ~“
136     XXXV|        upon a litter.~ ~Among the two thousand peasants who believed
137    XXXVI|          leave this place?”~ ~“In two days the young lady will
138  XXXVIII|          who had already ascended two or three steps, turned.~ ~“
139  XXXVIII|              That evening he sent two letters to Sairmeuse. One
140    XXXIX|      Martial.~ ~A servant brought two letters; one, sent by Martial
141      XLI|        details.~ ~He had seen the two adversaries take their places,
142      XLI|          place of rendezvous, and two or three times a week you
143      XLI|      there. And, in the course of two or three months you can
144     XLII|            where his wife and his two boys still lived.~ ~He seldom
145     XLII|    gardeners telling the story to two of his assistants:~ ~“Ah,
146     XLII|          the inevitable chaperon, two long weeks of almost continued
147     XLII|          seated upon the bed, and two servants were watching his
148     XLII|           has granted pensions to two others. He seldom goes out,
149    XLIII|       with an income of more than two thousand francs, without
150    XLIII|              She saw Chupin every two or three days; sometimes
151    XLIII|       most of all was, that after two months of surveillance,
152     XLIV|        suffered, and he possessed two sublime virtues—forbearance
153     XLIV|          passion.~ ~How noble the two men who had loved her and
154     XLIV|       hastened on, did not notice two motionless figures in the
155      XLV|      obtained my information from two persons who were ignorant
156      XLV|           and the progress of the two women was often retarded
157      XLV|     crimson light gleamed through two windows in the second story.
158      XLV|           Then she remembered the two windows in the story above
159      XLV|         among the bottles she saw two of blue glass, upon which
160      XLV|        the stairs startled her.~ ~Two persons were ascending the
161      XLV|         night if necessary.~ ~For two hours and a half Marie-Anne
162    XLVII|          they gave us a room with two beds.~ ~“That evening, while
163    XLVII|          I am capable of sleeping two whole days without waking.’
164    XLVII|    luxuries; they also granted us two hours of exercise each day
165    XLVII|         have been at liberty only two days. But I know the name
166   XLVIII|          doors were open, and the two ladies succeeded in gaining
167     XLIX|          he had been cared for by two servants, who did not allow
168     XLIX|           to talking, and after a two hours’ conversation, he
169     XLIX|    arrived at the conclusion that two persons besides Maurice
170        L|         But how to accomplish it! Two or three times, being a
171       LI|        her dislikes to appear. On two or three occasions she had
172       LI|            do you not?”~ ~And the two ladies embraced each other
173       LI|           greatest effusion, like two friends united after a misunderstanding.
174       LI|          take possession of about two hundred and fifty thousand
175       LI|     touching devotion between the two ladies. It was “my dearest
176       LI|            He reappeared in about two hours, pleased and radiant.~ ~“
177      LII|         servant withdrew, and the two ladies looked at each other
178      LII|          discovered at the end of two years:~ ~“Never,” he replied: “
179      LII|          write.~ ~And in a day or two there would come a letter
180      LII|          this idea at first.~ ~On two occasions Mme. Blanche accompanied
181     LIII|         as the clock was striking two.~ ~The time when Blanche
182     LIII|          a period of twenty years—two parties had been making
183     LIII|        well.~ ~But why were there two persons seeking the child?
184     LIII|        had in finding it?~ ~These two questions tormented Jean’
185     LIII|     savage exultation. He saw his two enemies, the last of the
186      LIV|            He had at his disposal two miserable wretches who were
187      LIV|         read on: “For services of two agents at Sairmeuse, ——.
188      LIV|       miserable hand, that said: “Two thousand francs this evening,
189      LIV|   punch-bowl, and in company with two ragged, leering scoundrels,
190      LIV|          closest attention.~ ~The two men who were sitting face
191      LIV|         honor of the name!”~ ~The two women obeyed, making their
192      LIV|           hold them in check only two minutes, all may yet be
193      LIV|          an eye he was bound; and two hours later he was an inmate
194       LV|      adversaries. Among them were two personal enemies upon whom
195       LV|    Farewell. I loved you.”~ ~With two bounds he reached his wife’
196       LV|        you think we are ruined by two or three mistakes? Nonsense!
197       LV|    expedient!” he exclaimed. “Are two such men as the duke and
198       LV|           messenger departed; the two policemen entered the wine-shop,
199       LV|      after to-morrow, I must have two~ hundred and sixty thousand