Граф Монте-Крісто

A Signed Statement.

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           "Butitwasonleavingthisclub,"saidhe,"myfatherdisappeared."Noirtier’seyecontinuedtosay,"Read."Heresumed:

           "‘TheundersignedLouisJacquesBeaurepaire,lieutenant-colonelofartillery,EtienneDuchampy,generalofbrigade,andClaudeLecharpal,keeperofwoodsandforests,Declare,thatonthe4thofFebruary,aletterarrivedfromtheIslandofElba,recommendingtothekindnessandtheconfidenceoftheBonapartistClub,GeneralFlaviendeQuesnel,whohavingservedtheemperorfrom1804.to1814wassupposedtobedevotedtotheinterestsoftheNapoleondynasty,notwithstandingthetitleofbaronwhichLouisXVIII.hadjustgrantedtohimwithhisestateofEpinay.

           "‘AnotewasinconsequenceaddressedtoGeneraldeQuesnel,begginghimtobepresentatthemeetingnextday,the5th.Thenoteindicatedneitherthestreetnorthenumberofthehousewherethemeetingwastobeheld;itborenosignature,butitannouncedtothegeneralthatsomeonewouldcallforhimifhewouldbereadyatnineo’clock.Themeetingswerealwaysheldfromthattimetillmidnight.Atnineo’clockthepresidentoftheclubpresentedhimself;thegeneralwasready,thepresidentinformedhimthatoneoftheconditionsofhisintroductionwasthatheshouldbeeternallyignorantoftheplaceofmeeting,andthathewouldallowhiseyestobebandaged,swearingthathewouldnotendeavortotakeoffthebandage.

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