The Man With The Broken Ear
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About Edmond. The Man With The Broken Ear
DEDICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION.1
CHAPTER I. WHEREIN THEY KILL THE FATTED CALF TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF A FRUGAL SON
CHAPTER II. UNPACKING BY CANDLE-LIGHT
CHAPTER III. THE CRIME OF THE LEARNED PROFESSOR MEISER
CHAPTER IV. THE VICTIM
CHAPTER V. DREAMS OF LOVE, AND OTHER DREAMS
CHAPTER VI. A YOUNG GIRL'S CAPRICE
CHAPTER VII. PROFESSOR MEISER'S WILL IN FAVOR OF THE DESICCATED COLONEL
CHAPTER VIII. HOW NICHOLAS MEISER, NEPHEW OF JOHN MEISER, EXECUTED HIS UNCLE'S WILL
CHAPTER IX. CONSIDERABLE OF A DISTURBANCE IN FONTAINEBLEAU
CHAPTER X. HALLELUJAH!
CHAPTER XI. WHEREIN COLONEL FOUGAS LEARNS SOME NEWS WHICH WILL APPEAR OLD TO MY READERS
CHAPTER XII. THE CONVALESCENT'S FIRST MEAL
CHAPTER XIII. HISTORY OF COLONEL FOUGAS, RELATED BY HIMSELF
CHAPTER XIV. THE GAME OF LOVE AND WAR
CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH THE READER WILL SEE THAT IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE CAPITAL TO THE TARPEIAN ROCK
CHAPTER XVI. THE MEMORABLE INTERVIEW BETWEEN COLONEL FOUGAS AND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH
CHAPTER XVII. WHEREIN HERR NICHOLAS MEISER, ONE OF THE SOLID MEN OF DANTZIC, RECEIVES AN UNWELCOME VISIT
CHAPTER XVIII. THE COLONEL TRIES TO RELIEVE HIMSELF OF A MILLION WHICH INCUMBERS HIM
CHAPTER XIX. HE SEEKS AND BESTOWS THE HAND OF CLEMENTINE
CHAPTER XX. A THUNDERBOLT FROM A CLEAR SKY
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On the 18th of May, 1859, M. Renault, formerly professor of physics and chemistry, now a landed proprietor at Fontainebleau, and member of the Municipal Council of that charming little city, himself carried to the post-office the following letter:—
"To Monsieur Leon Renault, Civil Engineer, Berlin, Prussia.
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In the eyes of Leon Renault, Clementine was the most beautiful creature in the world. He had loved her for little more than three years, and it was somewhat on her account that he had taken the journey to Russia. In 1856 she was too young to marry, and too rich for an engineer with a salary of 2,400 francs to properly make pretentions to her hand. Leon, who was a good mathematician, proposed to himself the following problem: "Given—one young girl, fifteen and a half years old, with an income of 8,000 francs, and threatened with the inheritance from Mlle. Sambucco of, say 200,000 more:—to obtain a fortune at least equal to hers within such a period as will give her time enough to grow up, without leaving her time enough to become an old maid." He had found the solution in the Ural mines.
During three long years, he had indirectly corresponded with the beloved of his heart. All the letters which he wrote to his father or mother, passed into the hands of Mlle. Sambucco, who did not keep them from Clementine. Sometimes, indeed, they were read aloud in the family, and M. Renault was never obliged to omit a phrase, for Leon never wrote anything which a young girl should not hear. The aunt and the niece had no other distractions; they lived retired in a little house at the end of a pretty garden, and received no one but old friends. Clementine, therefore, deserved but little credit for keeping her heart for Leon. With the exception of a big colonel of cuirassiers, who sometimes followed her in her walks, no man had ever made any demonstrations toward her.
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