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There I found the Vicomte , now over eighty years old , living with his sister in a small house on the estate , while the chateau was leased to a lady who showed it to me with great pride . I tried my " clue " on her ; immediately she ...
There I found the Vicomte , now over eighty years old , living with his sister in a small house on the estate , while the chateau was leased to a lady who showed it to me with great pride . I tried my " clue " on her ; immediately she ...
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He had a brother , however , a bachelor and retired naval officer living in the provinces , who was persuaded by the payment of a large sum of money to come to Paris and go through the marriage ritual of the Catholic church ...
He had a brother , however , a bachelor and retired naval officer living in the provinces , who was persuaded by the payment of a large sum of money to come to Paris and go through the marriage ritual of the Catholic church ...
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If the officers complained more than the soldiers , it was that they felt their privations more . Their families , too , were generally used to a higher standard of living and found they could not live on the little money from the ...
If the officers complained more than the soldiers , it was that they felt their privations more . Their families , too , were generally used to a higher standard of living and found they could not live on the little money from the ...
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