five-and-twenty-franc

Updated: June 20, 2025

Trumence very quietly drew from his pocket a handful of Napoleons, and of five-and-twenty-franc notes, and showed them. "You see that I had the wherewithal to pay for my room," he said. "But I surrendered, because, after all, I am an honest man, and I would rather suffer some trouble myself than see an innocent gentleman go to the galleys." "M. de Boiscoran?" "Yes. He is innocent!

Emile Gaboriau - Within an Inch of His Life