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The Mysteries of Paris, illustrated with etchings, Vol. 4

Chapter 23: Transcriber's Notes:
By Eugène Sue
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The narrative interlaces episodes of abduction, piracy, and attempted murder with intimate portraits of urban hardship, centering on interconnected figures such as a young needlewoman whose life is altered by a mysterious letter. That correspondence and accompanying notes disclose a man's lifelong misfortunes, unspoken devotion, and a small bequest intended to shield a loyal friend. Multiple threads—searches, family reunions, clandestine agents, and scenes aboard boats and in lodging-houses—gradually expose hidden identities and the fallout of misplaced confidence. The volume alternates domestic tenderness with sudden violence, resolving in reconciliations, revealed portraits, and the unmasking of criminal networks.

The little cripple did not seem much moved by these marks of tenderness; he had just learned that, for a time, he would be moved off to the prison for young offenders.

"What a misery to have a dear child!" cried Bras-Rouge, pretending to be greatly affected. "It is we two who are most unfortunate, madame, for we shall be separated from our children."

The widow could no longer preserve her calmness; and having no doubt of Bras-Rouge's treachery, which she had foretold, she exclaimed:

"I was sure it was you who had sold my son at Toulon. There, Judas!" and she spat in his face. "You sell our heads! Well, they shall see the right sort of deaths,—deaths of true Martials!"

"Yes; we shan't shrink before the carline (guillotine)," added Calabash, with savage excitement.

The widow, glancing towards Nicholas, said to her daughter, with an air of unutterable contempt:

"That coward there will dishonour us on the scaffold!"

Some minutes afterwards the widow and Calabash, accompanied by two policemen, got into a hackney-coach to go to St. Lazare; Barbillon, Nicholas, and Bras Rouge were conveyed to La Force, whilst the Schoolmaster was conveyed to the Conciergerie, where there are cells for the reception of lunatics.

END OF VOLUME IV.

Transcriber's Notes:

This e-text was prepared from numbered edition 505 of the 1000 printed.

In the original text the title "The Mysteries of Paris" and the "Edition de Luxe" are printed in Bold Gothic Font.

Minor punctuation and capitalization corrections have been made without comment.

Minor typographical errors of single words, otherwise spelled correctly throughout the text have been made without comment.

p. 87, "that'll" to "that" (that I'll slash your eyes out;)

p. 188, "caligraphy" to "calligraphy" (expert in calligraphy)

Word Variations appearing in the original text which have been retained:

"Bras Rouge" and "Bras-Rouge"
"Halloa" and "Holloa" and "Holla"
"Ile du Ravageur" and "Isle du Ravageur"
"rencontre" and "rencounter"
"work-people" and "workpeople"

Throughout the text, illustrations and their captions were placed on facing pages. For the purpose of this e-text these pages have been combined into one entry.

Footnotes, originally at the bottom of a printed page, have been placed directly below the paragraph in which their anchor symbol appears.