But Borrow never hesitated to weave little touches of romance from extraneous writers into his narratives, and may have done so here.

I have visited most of the principal capitals of the world, he says in _The Bible in Spain_.

This we would call a palpable lie were not so much of _The Bible in Spain_ sheer invention.
[82] _Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police until 1827, and now proprietor of the paper manufactory at St.Mande_.

Written by himself.

Translated from the French.