Copyright 1903 by G. Barrie & Sons
A PREMEDITATED COLLISION
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Frédéric looked up and recognized Dubourg; he was on the point oflaughing outright, when his friend forestalled him by running towardhim, exclaiming:
"I cannot be mistaken! What a fortunate meeting! It surely is MonsieurFrédéric de Montreville!"
NOVELS
BY
Paul de Kock
VOLUME X
SISTER ANNE
THE JEFFERSON PRESS
BOSTON NEW YORK
Copyrighted, 1903-1904, by G. B. & Sons.
SISTER ANNE
Contents
I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI
I
A NOCTURNAL WALK.—MY AUNT'S FIVE HUNDRED FRANCS
The theatres had long since dismissed their audiences, the shops wereclosed, and the cafés were closing. Passers-by were becoming more andmore infrequent, the cabs moved more rapidly, the street lights wereburning, and the gas in the houses was disappearing; the streets ofParis, like the inhabitants thereof, were about to enjoy their briefhour of repose.
But repose, like fine weather, is never universal: when we are enjoying