nocle

Updated: May 20, 2025

"Yes," he said, "I am he. What of it?" "Only this, that I have a letter for him," the student answered, groping with trembling fingers in his pouch. "From my uncle, the Sieur de Beauvais of Nocle, by Dijon." "The Sieur de Beauvais?" "Yes." "He is your uncle?" "Yes." "So! Well, I remember now," Blondel continued, nodding. "His name was Mercier. Certainly, it was. Well, give me the letter."

Stanley John Weyman - The Long Night