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SOCIETY IN ALGIERS* 101
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seated himself to Jeremy Varney , and after tlie first interview lie declared tliat he was not the true Marquis . A second time when
he stances saw him of their , Jeremy school Varney days together recalled , to and his was recollection so precise many in detailing circum- *
was the particulars obliged to of confess his whole , while life in and his of presence his famil , that y , that he this was gentleman reall it y the
not Marquis the Marquis ; however , but , when some he one had exactl left y him resembling . he declared him . that He times said was ,
this " It gentleman is a strange visited mystery Jeremy which Varney I cannot , and exp always lain . '' admitted Many when the true
in qui his s , but presence as soon , and as he under was his alone influence his doubts , that returned he was . Mar-One day , Jeremy Varney's clerk lost the key of the cash-box , and cashboxes
came to tell him of the misfortune ; these -are very strong yourself break and very them ab difficult out open this ; to but accident open Jeremy , " it and requires Varney taking simp a some very ly strong said skilful , " wire Don locksmith ' he t trouble forced to
, the After lock his in the disappearance twinkling of , variou an eye found s . kinds in of his false house keys , It saws is , incon
hammersand wax impressions were . - thousands ceivable , that of detection peop a man le from living Of every so more openl part than y of in twent France a public thous , could office and during , visited le ei who g b ht y peop
Varney years had seen escape . In him 1847 , onl , y a . one gendarme recognised was him walking as y the ¦ with convict a comrade in the Jeremy full in
the costume public of square Treasurer of Medea he looked , and at saw him Jeremy very attentivel Varney y , and then turned to his comrade ; and said"Do you know who that man is ?"
Am " Certainl and . " a y convict The , " said gendarm the of Montbresson other e rep ; " lied he , , is " I our I myself assur Treasurer e with you that my , the own man Marquis hands is Jeremy of took St .
to him Varney St the Amand from prison , prison and . " _" he to You is the well rave tribunal known , " said , to his and ; comrade from bod the , " here this tribunal , is he the is back Marquis the friend again of everyy ;
gendarme of affirming . the Due that was , d'Aumale he laug was hed , not and at mistaken during esteemed the by and whole all to day the quiet , population yet his he conscience persisted . " The he in
asked an interview of the General Marey ; , at that time the governor said of the "A province man whom . On I being put into admitted prison , to named the General Jeremy ' s Varney presence , is , he in
this , town- he is a convict escaped from the gaol of Montbresson . " gendarme " Then you , , " must this arrest is a most him difficult , " answere matter bears d the , my General the General . " and But , this title , " said man of the the is
the Marquis the Treasurer General of St in . here Amand an indi in Mede gnant . " " a What , tone and , he ! do " Monsieur you dare name le to Marquis say , " exclaimed de St .
known Amand him is Jeremy here for Varney more than —is seven an escaped ars . convict Do not ? pester We have me witk all ye
Society In Algiers* 101
SOCIETY IN ALGIERS * 101
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1860, page 101, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101860/page/29/
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