The Double Life
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Гастон Леру. The Double Life
HISTORICAL PREFACE
CHAPTER I. M. Théophraste Longuet Wishes to Inform Him-self and Visits Historical Monuments
CHAPTER II. An Explanation from Théophraste
CHAPTER III. A Search and a Discovery
CHAPTER IV. Some Philosophy and a Song
CHAPTER V. Théophraste Remembers Himself
CHAPTER VI. M. Lecamus Expresses His Views
CHAPTER VII. Théophraste and His Black Plume
CHAPTER VIII. An Appeal for Help
CHAPTER IX. The Portrait
CHAPTER X. Cartouche’s Past
CHAPTER XI. Signor Petito Appears
CHAPTER XII. Théophraste’s Memory Is Refreshed
CHAPTER XIII. The Cat
CHAPTER XIV. Petito Loses His Ears
CHAPTER XV. Adolphe Consulted
CHAPTER XVI. On Private Ground
CHAPTER XVII. They Decide to Kill
CHAPTER XVIII. The Operation
CHAPTER XIX. The Torture Chamber
CHAPTER XX. In the Charnel House
CHAPTER XXI. The Result of the Operation
CHAPTER XXII. Visits to a Butcher’s Shop
CHAPTER XXIII. A Newspaper Report
CHAPTER XXIV. The Murder in the Rue Guenegaud
CHAPTER XXV. The Calf’s Revenge
CHAPTER XXVI. Théophraste Again Hears of His Treasures
CHAPTER XXVII. The Express Train’s Disappearance
CHAPTER XXVIII. Not To Be Explained!
CHAPTER XXIX. M. Milford Recognizes Cartouche
CHAPTER XXX. M. Mifroid’s Theory
CHAPTER XXXI. Lost in the Catacombs
CHAPTER XXXII. A Dissertation on Fish
CHAPTER XXXIII. The Meeting of the Talfa
CHAPTER XXXIV. M. Mifroid Performs on the Stage
CHAPTER XXXVI. A New Trade
CHAPTER XXXVI. A Robber is Caught
CHAPTER XXXVII. The Escape from the Catacombs
CHAPTER XXXVII. An Old Friend
CHAPTER XXXIX. The Final Tragedy
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THE strange adventures of M. Théophraste Longuet, which ended so tragically, originated in a visit to the prison of the Conciergerie, on the 28th of June, 1899. Therefore this history is modern; but the writer would say that, having read and examined all the papers and writings of M. Théophraste Longuet, its recentness does not detract from its sensational character.
When M. Longuet rang the bell of the Conciergerie he was accompanied by his wife, Marceline, and M. Adolphe Lecamus. The latter was a close friend. It was his physique that had attracted M. Longuet. He was not handsome, but was tall and well built, and every movement showed that strength which M. Longuet lacked. His forehead was broad and convex, his eyebrows were heavy and straight. He had a habit of every now and then lifting them gracefully to express his disdain of others and his confidence in himself. His grey eyes twinkled under near-sighted spectacles, and the straight nose, the proud arch of the underlip, surmounted by a dark, flowing mustache, the square outline of his chin and his amaranthine complexion, all combined to accentuate his strong appearance.
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He was just about to answer me when his wife intervened. “What are you saying, Théophraste?” said she. “Do you wish to teach Monsieur his business? You have never been to the Conciergerie before.” Then he said in his natural voice, the voice by which I had known him at first: “That is so, I have never been here before.”
I could not understand then at all, but thought the incident closed, when he did something stranger still.
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