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mission becomes painful, and I ents are searching every house, building, and garden in the

vicinity of the Hospital Grounds where Geronireatest part of this quarter has been carefully examined without any

result"

Sin, and although his

heart beat painfully, he mastered his emotion, and said in an indifferent

tone: "And you think, Messire Van Schoonhoven, that arden should be searched

in like ht

and the peasant are there equal"

"Believe ht of so disrespectful a conduct

towards an honorable nobleman, and that nobleman my friend for years,

would never have occurred to me But the search became a necessity without

any fault of ents in that

quarter attracted the curious A crowd followed those engaged in the

search, and when it was noticed that your suistrates were openly accused of injustice The people

were told that this was done by reat was the cooentlearden likewise,

so as to remove all cause of complaint"