The Hero of the People: A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty
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Dumas Alexandre. The Hero of the People: A Historical Romance of Love, Liberty and Loyalty
CHAPTER I. LOCKSMITH AND GUNSMITH
CHAPTER II. THE THREE ODDITIES
CHAPTER III. THE UNDYING MAN
CHAPTER IV. FATALITY
CHAPTER V. THE CANDLE OMEN
CHAPTER VI. THE REVOLUTION IN THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER VII. THE ABDICATION IN A FARMHOUSE
CHAPTER VIII. ANOTHER BLOW
CHAPTER IX. PITOU BECOMES A TACTICIAN
CHAPTER X. THE LOVER’S PARTING
CHAPTER XI. THE ROAD TO PARIS
CHAPTER XII. THE SPIRIT MATERIALIZED
CHAPTER XIII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
CHAPTER XIV. IN SEARCH OF THEIR SON
CHAPTER XV. THE MAN WITH THE MODEL
CHAPTER XVI. THE PORTRAIT OF CHARLES FIRST
CHAPTER XVII. THE KING ATTENDS TO PRIVATE MATTERS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE KING ATTENDS TO PUBLIC MATTERS
CHAPTER XIX. A LOVING QUEEN
CHAPTER XX. WITHOUT HUSBAND – WITHOUT LOVER
CHAPTER XXI. WHAT A CUT-OFF HEAD MAY COUNSEL
CHAPTER XXII. THE SMILE AND THE NOD
CHAPTER XXIII. THE ROYAL LOCKSMITH
CHAPTER XXIV. HAPPY FAMILY
CHAPTER XXV. DOWN AMONG THE DEAD
CHAPTER XXVI. GAMAIN PROVES HE IS THE MASTER
CHAPTER XXVII. THE FRIEND OF THE FALLEN
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIRST GUILLOTINE
CHAPTER XXX. UNDER THE WINDOW
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THE locksmith lifted his tumbler to his eye’s level, admired the liquor with pleasure, and said after sipping it with gratification:
“Bless you, yes, plenty of locksmiths at Paris.”
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“The Lord knows,” was the response: “maybe they want him to curl the hair of the poor soldiers. In Revolutionary times, fellows have such quaint fancies!”
He mixed in with the throng, leaving Gamain, from whom he had probably extracted all he wanted, to make his way alone to his workshop at Versailles.
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