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The She-Wolves of Machecoul; And the Corsican Brothers
The She-Wolves of Machecoul And the Corsican Brothers Author:Alexandre Dumas General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Little, Brown Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary History / Europe / France Literary Criticism / European / French Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and ther... more »e may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. THE GRATITUDE OF KINGS. The marquis reached the . banks of the Loire, and found there a fisherman who took him to the point of Saint Gildas, An English frigate was cruising there, and for a few additional louis the fisherman put the marquis aboard of her. There he was in safety. Two or three days later, the frigate hailed a merchant vessel which was steering for the British Channel. It was a Dutch craft, and the Marquis de Souday asked to be put aboard of her. The English captain complied, and the Dutchman landed the marquis at Rotterdam. From Rotterdam he made his way to Blankenbourg, -- a little town in the Duchy of Brunswick, selected by Louis XVIII. as his abiding place. He had Charette's last injunctions to carry out. Louis XVIII. was at table; the feeding hour was always one of much solemnity to him. The ex-page must needs wait until his Majesty had dined. After dinner he was introduced to the royal presence. He narrated the occurrences which had taken place under his eyes -- notably the supreme catastrophe -- with such eloquence and force that his Majesty, who was far from impressionable, was sufficiently impressed to say to him, -- "Enough, enough, marquis! Yes, the Chevalier de Charette was a brave subject; we are grateful to him," Thereupon he gave him the signal to retire. The messenger obeyed; but as he took his leave, he heard the king say in a surly tone, -- " What an imbecile that Souday is to c...« less