Pamela Giraud by Honoré de Balzac
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The officer
Oh, yes, I am sure of it! (to the gendarmes) Carry out my orders. Jules Monsieur, I am the victim of some mistake; my name is not Jules Rousseau. The officer Oh! but you know his first name, which none of us has as yet mentioned. Jules But I heard some one say it. Here are my papers, which are perfectly correct. The sheriff Let me see them, please. Giraud Gentlemen, I assure you and declare to you-- The officer If you go on in this way, and wish to make us believe that this gentleman is Adolph Durand, son of a merchant of-- Mme. Giraud Of Marseilles-- The officer You may all be arrested as his accomplices, locked up in jail this |
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