I MUST confess that as I descended to the supper-room I could not help thinking of Lucien’s last remark, “The other is my mother’s carbine;” and this circumstance compelled me to regard Madame de Franchi more closely than I had … Read the rest
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The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER XX.
LUCIEN’S appearance created quite a sensation in consequence of his remarkable likeness to his brother.
The news of Louis’ death had gone abroad–not, perhaps, in all its details, but it was known, and Lucien’s appearance astonished many.
I requested a … Read the rest
The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER IV.
THE suggestion quite accorded with my inclination to compare the chambers of the brothers, and I did not hesitate to adopt it. I followed my host, who, opening the door, paused in front of me to show me the way.… Read the rest
The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER XIX.
LUCIEN settled himself comfortably in his arm-chair and looking at me fixedly, resumed:–
“It is very simple. The day my brother was killed I was riding very early, and went out to visit the shepherds, when soon after I had … Read the rest
The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER III.
HE was, as my guide had told me, a young man of about twenty-one years of age, with black hair and eyes, his face browned by the sun, rather under than over the average height, but remarkably well-proportioned.
In his … Read the rest
The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER XVIII.
CONTRARY to custom, the duel was very little talked about; even the papers were silent on the subject.
A few intimate friends followed the body to Père la Chaise. Chateau Renaud refused to quit Paris, although pressed to do so.… Read the rest
The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER II.
I SLOWLY ascended the steps and entered the house, and at a corner of the corridor I found myself face to face with a tall lady dressed in black.
I understood at once that this lady of thirty-eight or forty … Read the rest
The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER XVII.
WE reached Vincennes at five minutes to nine.
Another carriage, that of Chateau Renaud, arrived at the same time.
We proceeded into the wood by different paths. Our carriages were to await us in the broad avenue. A few minutes … Read the rest
The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER I.
IN the beginning of March, 1841, I was travelling in Corsica.
Nothing is more picturesque and more easy to accomplish than a journey in Corsica. You can embark at Toulon, in twenty hours you will be in Ajaccio, and then … Read the rest
The Corsican Brothers – CHAPTER XVI.
AT eight o’clock that evening I called upon M. Louis de Franchi, to inquire whether he had anything to confide to me. But he begged me to wait till next morning, saying:
“The night will bring counsel with it.”
Next … Read the rest