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SET A SAINT TO CATCH A SAINT.
As he approached his own abode, Cerizet, who was nothing so little as courageous, felt an emotion of fear.

He perceived a form ambushed near the door, which, as he came nearer, detached itself as if to meet him.
Happily, it was only Dutocq.

He came for his notes.

Cerizet returned them in some ill-humor, complaining of the distrust implied in a visit at such an hour.