M. Gerville snatching a piece of paper from the hands of his servant and asking him to explain. "Les Caprices de Gizelle", Act II, scene VII. Illustration from "Comédies et proverbes", written by the Countess of Ségur in 1865. 1881 edition illustrated by Emile Bayard and published by Hachette.

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