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Many of his works are still in favour, and he is the only author who ever gained three dramatic successes in one night: "Ermeline," at the Grand Opéra; "The Circle," at the Théâtre Française; "Tom Jones," at the Opéra Comique. Some one put it into his head that he had a taste for travel, so he began with Spain, and was drowned while crossing the Guadalquivir.
The others settled themselves in their chairs; and the Prefect read out: "The last will and testament of me, Cosmo Mornington, eldest son of Hubert Mornington and Ermeline Roussel, his wife, a naturalized citizen of the United States of America.
"Am I correct in saying that she came from Saint-Etienne and that her maiden name was Roussel?" "Yes." "Elizabeth Roussel?" "Yes." "Had your husband any brothers or sisters?" "No." "Therefore there is no descendant of Elizabeth Roussel living?" "No." "Very well. But Elizabeth Roussel had two sisters, did she not?" "Yes." "Ermeline Roussel, the elder, went abroad and was not heard of again.
The eldest, Ermeline, was the first to leave Saint-Etienne. She went to London, where she married an Englishman of the name Mornington, by whom she had a son, who was christened Cosmo. "The family was very poor and went through hard times. Ermeline repeatedly wrote to her sisters to ask for a little assistance. Receiving no reply, she broke off the correspondence altogether. In 1870 Mr. and Mrs.
He spread before him the bundle of documents prepared for him by his secretary and, consulting his notes as he spoke, continued: "Over fifty years ago, in 1860, three sisters, three orphans, Ermeline, Elizabeth, and Armande Roussel, aged twenty-two, twenty, and eighteen respectively, were living at Saint-Etienne with a cousin named Victor, who was a few years younger.
Don Luis went up to him and asked: "Your mother's name was Ermeline Roussel, was it not?" "Yes, Ermeline Roussel. She is dead now." "And she was from Saint-Etienne?" "Yes. But why these questions?" "Monsieur le Préfet will tell you to-morrow. One word more." He opened the cardboard box left by Inspector Vérot. "Does this cake of chocolate mean anything to you? These marks?"
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