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Jacques Bonneval

CHAPTER VIII
19/23

"There was a young lord who led a sad course, and nearly fell into the hands of justice.

He had a dashing, off-hand manner, that made friends till he was found out for what he was; and partly because he talked me over, and partly for high pay, I smuggled him beyond the reach of his enemies.

But the pay never came.
He won't get me to help him another time." "He'll miss the want of a good character in the long run, then," said I.
"Oh, he has done so already; he lies in prison now.

But so do many of you Huguenots, who have done nothing amiss.

It seems to me there is one event to the good and to the wicked." "Oh no, do not believe it," said I."In the first place, none of us are righteous; no, not one; our merits only comparative.


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