The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6

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Эжен Сю. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6

CHAPTER I. THE TAPIS-FRANC.1

CHAPTER II. THE OGRESS

CHAPTER III. HISTORY OF LA GOUALEUSE

CHAPTER IV. THE CHOURINEUR'S HISTORY

CHAPTER V. THE ARREST

CHAPTER VI. THOMAS SEYTON AND THE COUNTESS SARAH

CHAPTER VII "YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE."

CHAPTER VIII. THE WALK

CHAPTER IX. THE SURPRISE

CHAPTER X. CASTLES IN THE AIR

CHAPTER XI. MURPHY AND RODOLPH

CHAPTER XII. THE RENDEZVOUS

CHAPTER XIII. PREPARATIONS

CHAPTER XIV. THE BLEEDING HEART

CHAPTER XV. THE VAULT

CHAPTER XVI. THE SICK-NURSE

CHAPTER XVII. THE PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER XVIII. THE ISLE-ADAM

CHAPTER XIX. RECOMPENSE

CHAPTER XX. THE DEPARTURE

CHAPTER XXI. RESEARCHES

CHAPTER XXII. HISTORY OF DAVID AND CECILY

CHAPTER XXIII. A HOUSE IN THE RUE DU TEMPLE

CHAPTER XXIV. THE FOUR STORIES

CHAPTER XXV. TOM AND SARAH

CHAPTER XXVI. THE BALL

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The White Rabbit is situated in the centre of the Rue aux Fêves. This tavern occupies the ground floor of a lofty house, the front of which is formed by two windows, which are styled "a guillotine." Hanging from the front of the door leading to a dark and arched passage, was an oblong lamp, on the cracked panes of which were written, in red letters, "Nightly Lodgings Here."

The Chourineur, the unknown, and the Goualeuse entered into a large but low apartment, with the ceiling smoked, and crossed by black rafters, just visible by the flickering light of a miserable suspended lamp. The cracked walls, formerly covered with plaster, were now ornamented in places with coarse drawings, or sentences of flash and obscenity.

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"What! because you relish the harlequin?"

"Why, may be so; but more because I am all on the fret to see you 'serve out' the Schoolmaster. To see him who has always crowed over me, crowed over in his turn would do me good."

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