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"The Presbytery Has Lost Nothing of Its Charm, Nor the.
Garden Its Brightness" A week after the occurrence of the events I have just recounted--on the 2nd of November, to be exact--I received at my home in Paris the following telegraphic message: "Come to the Glandier by the earliest train.

Bring revolvers.

Friendly greetings.

Rouletabille." I have already said, I think, that at that period, being a young barrister with but few briefs, I frequented the Palais de Justice rather for the purpose of familiarising myself with my professional duties than for the defence of the widow and orphan.