The Surprises of Life

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Georges Clemenceau. The Surprises of Life

The Surprises of Life

Table of Contents

I

MOKOUBAMBA'S FETISH

II

A DESCENDANT OF TIMON

III

MALUS VICINUS

IV

AUNT ROSALIE'S INHERITANCE

V

GIDEON IN HIS GRAVE

VI

SIMON, SON OF SIMON

VII

AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS

VIII

EVIL BENEFICENCE

IX

A MAD THINKER

X

BETTER THAN STEALING

XI

THE GRAY FOX

XII

THE ADVENTURE OF MY CURÉ

XIII

MASTER BAPTIST, JUDGE

XIV

THE BULLFINCH AND THE MAKER OF WOODEN SHOES

XV

ABOUT NESTS

XVI

A DOMESTIC DRAMA

XVII

SIX CENTS

XVIII

FLOWER O' THE WHEAT

XIX

JEAN PIOT'S FEAST

XX

THE TREASURE OF ST. BARTHOLEMEW

XXI

A HAPPY UNION

XXII

A WELL-ASSORTED COUPLE

XXIII

LOVERS IN FLORENCE

XXIV

A HUNTING ACCIDENT

XXV

GIAMBOLO

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Georges Clemenceau

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"I shall be dead within the hour. Nothing to change," and the name, in a large, shaky handwriting, which, by the emphasis of the downward stroke told, however, of an inflexible will.

The Abbé Jaud's first impulse was one of haughty refusal, but his second was to go and consult his bishop, who made clear to him that highest duty lay in presenting every obstacle to Free Masonry. He was obliged to obey. The doctor in his grave had the last word, his face twisted with sardonic laughter under the holy water sprinkled by the discomfited Abbé.

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