Give him into their hands! bid them think of his sire,
And his safety, their triumph—shall crown each desire!
DE PONTIS.
A TALE OF RICHELIEU.
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BY THE AUTHOR OF “HENRI QUATRE; OR THE DAYS OF THE LEAGUE.”
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CHAPTER I.
Beneath the vast superstructure of the Palais de Justice, a pile of buildings erected under various dynasties, now appropriated to the sittings of the several justiciary courts, and situate in the most unwholesome and dirtiest quarter of the city of Paris, is a low, narrow door—it may be seen on the right-hand of the grand staircase. This is the entrance to the Conciergerie du Palais, a prison famous in the annals of the French monarchy.