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I THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER 1
II FRANCE IN MOURNING 14
V AT THE CAF? DES VOYAGEURS 60
VI THE MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS 77
X THE LAND OF FREEDOM 137
XX THE PRINCE SEEKS DIVERSION 269
XXX COUNCIL OF WAR 397
THE DESTROYER
THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER
Monsieur Aristide Brisson, the fat little proprietor of the Hotel du Nord--a modest house facing the Place Puget at Toulon--turned uneasily in his sleep, as though fretted by a disturbing dream; then he awoke with a start and rubbed his eyes. A glance at the dark windows showed that the dawn was yet far distant, and he was about to turn over and go thankfully to sleep again when a sudden remembrance leaped into his brain. In an instant, he had bounded from the bed, struck a match, and, after a look at his watch, lighted a candle. Then he returned to the bed, and, without compunction, grasped the plump arm of Madame Brisson, who was sleeping peacefully, and shook her roughly.
"Wake, Gabrielle, wake!" he cried--in French, of course.
Madame Brisson, who was also little and fat with a white skin that was her pride, opened her eyes, stared an instant, and then sat up in bed.
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