Novels . THE. FESSJ tihmr LORRI 5^^. Boston,LITTLE, BROV^N,..^COMPANY. HARRY LORREQUER. CHAPTER I. THE GENDARME. I HAD fortunately sufficient influence upon my fair friendsto persuade them to leave Calais early on the morning fol-lowing ; and two hours before Kilkee had opened his eyesupon this mortal life we were far upon the road to Paris. Having thus far perfectly succeeded in my plot, my spiritsrose rapidly, and I made every exertion to make the roadappear short to my fellow-travellers. This part of Pranceis unfortunately deficient in any interest from scenery;large undivided tracts of wav


Novels . THE. FESSJ tihmr LORRI 5^^. Boston,LITTLE, BROV^N,..^COMPANY. HARRY LORREQUER. CHAPTER I. THE GENDARME. I HAD fortunately sufficient influence upon my fair friendsto persuade them to leave Calais early on the morning fol-lowing ; and two hours before Kilkee had opened his eyesupon this mortal life we were far upon the road to Paris. Having thus far perfectly succeeded in my plot, my spiritsrose rapidly, and I made every exertion to make the roadappear short to my fellow-travellers. This part of Pranceis unfortunately deficient in any interest from scenery;large undivided tracts of waving corn-fields, with a back-ground of apparently interminable forests, and occasion-ally, but rarely, the glimpse of some old time-worn chateau,with its pointed gable and terraced walk, are nearly all thatthe eye can detect in the intervals between the small townsand villages. Nothing, however, is flat or unprofitableto those who desire to make it otherwise; good health, goodspirits, and fine weather are wonderful travelling compan


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