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François-Anatole Thibault. Crainquebille, Putois, Riquet and Other Profitable Tales
Crainquebille, Putois, Riquet and Other Profitable Tales
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CRAINQUEBILLE
CRAINQUEBILLE’S MISADVENTURE
AN APOLOGY FOR PRESIDENT BOURRICHE
THE FINAL RESULT
PUTOIS
RIQUET
THE MEDITATIONS OF RIQUET
THE NECKTIE
THE MONTIL MANŒUVRES
ÉMILE
ADRIENNE BUQUET
THE INTAGLIO
LA SIGNORA CHIARA
UPRIGHT JUDGES
THE OCEAN CHRIST
JEAN MARTEAU
MONSIEUR THOMAS
A SERVANT'S THEFT
EDMÉE, OR CHARITY WELL. BESTOWED
ANATOLE FRANCE
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François-Anatole Thibault
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I do not suspect Constable Matra of any evil intention. But, as we have said, his calling is arduous. He is sometimes harassed, fatigued, overdone. In such conditions he may have suffered from an aural hallucination. And, when he comes and tells you, gentlemen, that Dr. David Matthieu, officer of the Legion of Honour, chief physician at the Ambroise-Paré Hospital, a gentleman and a prince of science, cried: ‘Mort aux vaches,’ then we are forced to believe that Matra is obsessed, and if the term be not too strong, suffering from the mania of persecution.
“And even if Crainquebille did cry: ‘Mort aux vaches,’ it remains to be proved whether such words on his lips can be regarded as an offence. Crainquebille is the natural child of a costermonger, depraved by years of drinking and other evil courses. Crainquebille was born alcoholic. You behold him brutalized by sixty years of poverty. Gentlemen you must conclude that he is irresponsible.”
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