Chapter

 1        I|          at Sairmeuse sounded the three strokes of the bell which
 2       II|          force of habit.~ ~Two or three times his daughter, Marie-Anne,
 3       II|        the political clubs.~ ~For three months Lacheneur was the
 4       II|    vestibule, inlaid with marble, three of his tenants sat awaiting
 5       II|         Leave, I tell you!”~ ~The three farmers were even more bewildered
 6      III|         in a white apron, bearing three or four covered dishes in
 7        V|   beautiful as an angel, and only three years younger than himself.~ ~
 8      VII|        such a salvo of artillery. Three windows in the Boeuf Couronne
 9      XII|           love her? There will be three rivals in that case.”~ ~
10     XIII|          the misfortune of losing three wives, each richer than
11     XIII|   suffered during the past two or three days.~ ~And her voice, in
12      XVI|           but it was divided into three rooms, and the roof was
13      XVI|          to throw upon her garden three or four basketfuls of richer
14      XVI|         if besides, there will be three of us to sell goods, for
15     XVII|           Medea; but in less than three months that poor woman had
16     XVII|           herself to remain there three mortal hours—all the time
17     XVII|     willed it otherwise. At least three hundred yards of rough ground
18     XVII|     themselves— calumny.~ ~Two or three abominable stories which
19    XVIII|           a few moments sooner.~ ~Three long hours passed before
20    XVIII|          Lacheneur, “in less than three days you would curse me,
21       XX|          walls, strong gates, and three thousand soldiers at our
22      XXI|        light tells me that two or three hundred retired officers
23     XXII|       understand.~ ~For the first three days Mlle. Blanche succeeded
24     XXII|           a terrible fusillade.~ ~Three or four peasants fall, mortally
25    XXIII|         hundred foot-soldiers and three hundred of the Montaignac
26    XXIII|         fifteen hundred men, only three had hit the mark.~ ~More
27     XXIV|         there in this family?”~ ~“Three; my father, my mother—ill
28     XXIV|                Seven—four men and three women.”~ ~“You have neither
29      XXV|           on every side.~ ~Two or three who were acquaintances of
30     XXVI|        than done.~ ~They kept but three horses at Escorval. One
31     XXVI|   Escorval and Marie-Anne saw the three men preceding or following
32     XXVI|           review.~ ~They numbered three hundred, and the duke and
33    XXVII|        certainty of the result.~ ~Three large tables taken from
34    XXVII|     officers retired on half pay. Three men, attired in black, were
35    XXVII|         doomed.~ ~It chanced that three lawyers, retained by the
36    XXVII|         the hall.~ ~They were the three men that Maurice, on his
37    XXVII|         replied the eldest of the three; “but we see him for the
38    XXVII|        culprit?”~ ~“I!” exclaimed three advocates, in a breath.~ ~“
39    XXVII|          the advocates.~ ~And the three courageously took their
40    XXVII|          in a ringing voice; “the three hundred prisoners in the
41    XXVII|   confided Maurice to the care of three officers, who promised to
42    XXVII|          office, and condemned to three months’ imprisonment.~ ~
43     XXIX|          will be healed in two or three weeks. My son-in-law, who
44     XXIX|          by the Duc de Sairmeuse, three or four valets stood talking.~ ~“
45     XXIX|         stairs and through two or three rooms. At last he opened
46     XXIX|           can confide?”~ ~“I have three or four spies—they can be
47      XXX|             The baron looked, and three times they saw a little
48     XXXI|          the rebels for more than three miles. There were about
49    XXXII|        were closed.~ ~At last, as three o’clock sounded, the gates
50    XXXIV|        changed so much during the three minutes he had been absent
51    XXXIV|           he said, imperiously.~ ~Three hundred people were assembled
52     XXXV| recollection of what had happened three or four hours previous arose
53     XXXV|        his strength. It parted in three places.~ ~This discovery
54     XXXV|        With the assistance of his three sons, he now tills quite
55     XXXV|        and cautious when, after a three hours’ march, they came
56     XXXV|         that had travelled nearly three leagues in the full light
57    XXXVI|      whose school he attended for three winters, and who troubled
58    XXXVI|          have had it divided into three rooms and~ thoroughly repaired.~ ~“
59    XXXVI|        will find a box containing three hundred and twenty-seven
60    XXXVI|           will push on to Vigano, three leagues from here, where
61   XXXVII|           His faith was rewarded. Three days later the wounded man,
62   XXXVII|       they wish to come up.”~ ~In three bounds the abbe descended
63   XXXVII|         exclaimed, addressing the three imprudent travellers, “what
64  XXXVIII|           already ascended two or three steps, turned.~ ~“Are you
65    XXXIX|           whose income amounts to three hundred thousand francs.~ ~“
66      XLI|        evening.~ ~It had not been three hours since Maurice, Jean
67      XLI|         of rendezvous, and two or three times a week you can meet
68      XLI|           in the course of two or three months you can be still
69     XLII|          he was extremely ill for three days, after the scene at
70     XLII|         Sairmeuse; then he wasted three days more in composing a
71     XLII|        seeking you everywhere for three hours. Your father, monsieur
72     XLII|        his hat, and in it I found three holes, which could only
73    XLIII|           arranged?”~ ~“There are three large square rooms on the
74    XLIII|      there?” inquired Blanche.~ ~“Three; one opening into the garden,
75    XLIII|           saw Chupin every two or three days; sometimes going to
76     XLIV|        had been accused of having three lovers—Chanlouineau, Martial,
77      XLV|        her pocket, and taking out three louis, she gave them to
78      XLV|           mantel.~ ~“I have still three hours before me,” said she; “
79     XLVI|          But she had not advanced three steps before Marie-Anne
80    XLVII|           of his long silence.~ ~“Three days after we crossed the
81    XLVII|           obtain our extradition, three days to take us back to
82    XLVII|          to intercept him.~ ~With three bounds he reached the chamber;
83   XLVIII|         suffered agony during the three hours that I spent in waiting
84        L|          to accomplish it! Two or three times, being a trifle indisposed,
85       LI|     dislikes to appear. On two or three occasions she had ventured
86       LI|       Courtornieu during the past three years. No one knew he had
87       LI|           true that they might in three months, perhaps, render
88      LII|          the meshes around her.~ ~Three persons knew the secret
89      LII|         moreover, at the mercy of three unscrupulous masters; and
90      LII|        much more annoyance. Every three months he presented a memorandum
91      LII| diplomatic missions. She remained three years in foreign lands.~ ~
92     LIII|    business, and if they only had three or four hundred francs——~ ~
93     LIII|  presented himself.~ ~They needed three hundred francs more before
94     LIII|           Her illness lasted only three days; but her sufferings,
95     LIII|    devotion to the duchess. Every three months he presented his
96      LIV|         Marie-Anne’s son.~ ~These three accomplices had no suspicion
97       LV|           we are ruined by two or three mistakes? Nonsense! I will
98       LV|            persistently repeating three or four German words to