The Mysteries of Paris, illustrated with etchings, Vol. 6
Kneeling Down, Placed It on the Ground Original Etching by Mercier
ILLUSTRATED WITH ETCHINGS BY MERCIER, BICKNELL, POITEAU, AND ADRIAN MARCEL. By EUGENE SUE
IN SIX VOLUMES VOLUME VI.
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We will again conduct the reader into the study of Jacques Ferrand. Availing ourselves of the loquacity of the clerks, we shall endeavour, through their instrumentality, to narrate the events that had occurred since the disappearance of Cecily.
A hundred sous to ten, if his present state continues, that in less than a month our governor will go off with a pop.
The fact is, since Cecily left, he is only skin and bones.