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It was evident enough that M. de Coralth had to exercise considerable constraint to listen to these fine projects. "I must warn you that you ought to speak in other terms of an honorable and honored gentleman," he interrupted, at last. "Eh! what! You know him then?" "Yes, Madame d'Argeles's defender is Baron Trigault." M. Wilkie's heart bounded with joy, as he heard this name.
M. Fortunat began by closing the door which had been intentionally left open by the servant; and then, returning to M. Wilkie's side, he began with an air of the greatest mystery: "What would you give a shrewd man if he suddenly placed you in undisputed possession of an immense fortune of a million two millions, perhaps?"
One of these men was M. Wilkie as Chupin at once perceived. "Good!" he said to himself; "this is the beginning of the end!" As he spoke, M. Wilkie's hat fell on the window-sill, slipped off, and dropped on to the pavement below.
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