"I had no time either to speak, or to call out, or to make a movement: in the twinkling of an eye I was gagged and tied up." Illustration from "Le Général Dourakine", written by the Countess of Ségur in 1863. 1884 edition illustrated by Emile Bayard and published by Hachette.

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