birth-certificates

Updated: June 3, 2025

Now false declarations in matters of birth-certificates are misdemeanours punishable by law. I shall therefore be obliged to take you to Paris to be interrogated ... unless you are prepared here and now to confess everything that might repair the consequences of your offence." The old maid was shaking in every limb. Her teeth were chattering.

Maurice Leblanc - The Eight Strokes of the Clock