Balsamo, the magician; or, the memoirs of a physician

by Alexandre Dumas; Auguste Maquet

AYER'S SARSAPARILLA purifies the blood.

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Transcriber's Note

Page numbers are documented as links within the source code.

Inconsistencies have been retained in spelling, hyphenation, punctuation, and grammar, except where indicated in the list below:

• ["Sicil ian" changed to "Sicilian" on Page 4]
• [Quote removed before "One" on Page 7]
• [Quote added after "strong-minded." on Page 8]
• ["become" changed to "became" on Page 10]
• [Comma changed to a period added after "form" on Page 14]
• [Quote added after "afternoon." on Page 20]
• [Quote removed after "voice." on Page 20]
• ["Christain" change to "Christian" on Page 23]
• ["gentlemen" changed to "gentleman" on Page 24]
• ["has" changed to "had" on Page 27]
• [Quote removed from before "Startled" on Page 31]
• [Quote removed after "seige?" on Page 32]
• [Quote added after "five." on Page 33]
• ["ere" changed to "here" on Page 34]
• ["on" changed to "an" on Page 35]
• ["oustretched" changed to "outstretched" on Page 37]
• ["widdow" changed to "window" on Page 41]
• [Quote removed after "honor!" on Page 42]
• [Single quote changed to a double quote after "properly." on Page 43]
• [Quote removed after "then!" on Page 44]
• ["semed" changed to "seemed" on Page 44]
• [Question mark changed to an exclamation mark followed by a quote after "us" on Page 47]
• [Double Quote removed after "princess." on Page 49.]
• [Single Quote added before "The" on Page 49.]
• [Double quote changed to a single quote after "cordial," on Page 49.]
• ["particulary" changed to "particularly" on Page 54]
• [Quote removed after "coldly." on Page 55]
• [Quote added before "but" on Page 60]
• [Comma changed to a period after "gold" on Page 62]
• ["of" added after "lap" on Page 64]
• [Quote removed before "The" on Page 66]
• [Quote added after "here?" on Page 67]
• [Quote removed before "Go" on Page 68]
• [Comma changed to a period after "Jean" on Page 70]
• ["comm" (blotted word) changed to "communed" on Page 72]
• [Quote added after "alive?" on Page 74]
• [Comma changed to a period added after "chastised" on Page 77]
• [Comma changed to a period added after "up" on Page 83]
• [Quote added after "lady," on Page 86]
• [Exclamation mark changed to a question mark after "Chon" on Page 87]
• [Quote added after "morally." on Page 87]
• ["said the" added before "viscount" on Page 88]
• [Double quote removed and single quotes placed around quotation within a quote on Page 89]
• [Quote added after "up." on Page 90]
• [Quote added after "to-morrow." on Page 94]
• [Period changed to a question mark followed by a quote after "coach." on Page 95]
• [Single quote added after "is." on Page 95]
• [Quote and indent removed before "Blue" on Page 98]
• [Period changed to a comma after "angel" on Page 99]
• [Duplicate "he" removed after "for" on Page 99]
• [Period removed after "countess" on Page 100]
• ["Clapping" changed to "clapping" on page 100]
• [Period changed to a comma after "Well" on Page 100]
• [Quote added before "and" on Page 100]
• ["Gramont" changed to "Grammont" on page 102]
• ["abscence" changed to "absence" on page 102]
• [Quote added before "and" on Page 103]
• [Quote added after "meet!" on Page 104]
• [Duplicate "with" deleted on Page 106]
• [Illegible word replaced with "****" on Page 113]
• [Quote added before "but" on Page 117]
• [Quote added after "knows." on Page 117]
• [Single quote added after "for!" on Page 118]
• ["gentlemen" changed to "gentleman" on Page 120]
• [Comma changed to a period added after "timidly" on Page 120]
• [Quote removed after "up," and placed after "Therese," on Page 120]
• [Quote added after "them," on Page 129]
• ["every" changed to "Every" on Page 130]
• ["harpischord" changed to "harpsichord" on Page 130]
• ["undestand" changed to "understand" on Page 132]
• ["freight" changed to "fright" on Page 134]
• [Period changed to a comma after "castle" on Page 134]
• ["pain ful" changed to "painful" on Page 140]
• ["Lorenze" changed to "Lorenza" on Page 140]
• ["from back" changed to "back from" on Page 140]
• ["prepartions" changed to "preparations" on Page 145]
• ["Here" changed to "Her" on Page 145]
• [Single quote added before "Are" on Page 147]
• [Double quote changed to a single quote after "me." on Page 147]
• [Quote removed after "living." on Page 147]
• ["Saint-remy's" changed to "Saint-Remy's" on Page 150]
• [Period changed to a question mark followed by a quote after "highness" on Page 150]
• [Duplicate "shall" removed after "I" on Page 150]
• [Quote added after "me!" on Page 151]
• ["harmany" changed to "harmony" on Page 153]
• ["Anthing" changed to "Anything" on Page 157]
• ["to" changed to "too" on Page 161]
• ["employe" changed to "employee" on Page 161]
• [Quote added after "master." on Page 165]
• ["why" changed to "Why" on Page 172]
• ["fredom" changed to "freedom" on Page 172]
• [Quote removed after "help," on Page 173]
• [Period changed to a question mark followed by a quote after "driver" on Page 175]
• ["Balsmo" changed to "Balsamo" on Page 178]
• ["emenience" changed to "eminence" on Page 179]
• [Quote removed before "He" on Page 184]
• [Quote added after "be." on Page 185]
• ["to day" changed to "to-day" on Page 186]
• [Quote added after "destroyed" on Page 186]
• ["Parliment" changed to "Parliament" on Page 186]
• [Quote added before "that" on Page 188]
• [Quote removed after "beat." on Page 189]
• ["materializng" changed to "materializing" on Page 191]
• ["shepherdessses" changed to "shepherdesses" on Page 192]
• [Quote added after "Well," on Page 195]
• [Quote removed after "favorite." on Page 195]
• [Illegible word replaced by "****" on Page 195]
• [Quote added after "concerned."]
• [Quote added after "display." on Page 201]
• [Quote added after "storm." on Page 204]
• [Comma changed to a period after "prince" on Page 204]
• [Period added after "$2.00" on Page 211]
• [Illegible text replaced by "****" on Page 212]
• [Illegible text replaced by "****" on Page 212]
• [Comma changed to a semicolon after "secret)" on Page 216]
• ["hundred" changed to "hundreds" on Page 217]
• ["has" changed to "have" on Page 218]
• [Period changed to a comma after "Secrets" on Page 222]
• [Period changed to a comma after "Items" on Page 222]