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-The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Weird Adventures of Professor Delapine
-of the Sorbonne, by George Lindsay Johnson
+*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 56713 ***
 
-This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most
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-to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook.
 
-Title: The Weird Adventures of Professor Delapine of the Sorbonne
 
-Author: George Lindsay Johnson
-
-Release Date: March 10, 2018 [EBook #56713]
-
-Language: English
-
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@@ -67,7 +42,7 @@ THE WEIRD ADVENTURES OF PROFESSOR DELAPINE OF THE SORBONNE
 
  Edmund Landolt, M.D.
 
- _HOMMAGE D'AMITIÉ_
+ _HOMMAGE D'AMITIÉ_
 
 
 
@@ -80,7 +55,7 @@ I made the acquaintance of a professor of world-wide fame, which
 acquaintance soon ripened into a lasting friendship. Among the various
 subjects which we dealt with in our conversation, I happened to mention
 spiritualism. I told him how bitterly disappointed I had been at the
-various séances I had attended. Either the séance had passed off
+various séances I had attended. Either the séance had passed off
 without any phenomena at all, or if anything did occur, it had turned
 out invariably to be a palpable fraud, and had left me more sceptical
 than ever--besides, I added, the oracular utterances delivered by the
@@ -115,7 +90,7 @@ himself as well as to several of the other characters, and thereby
 enabled me to fill up the gaps. What I heard certainly bore out the
 adage that "truth is stranger than fiction." For obvious reasons I have
 not given the real names to the characters referred to in the novel,
-since Delapine, Madame Delapine, (Renée), Marcel, and Dr. Riche are
+since Delapine, Madame Delapine, (Renée), Marcel, and Dr. Riche are
 still hale and hearty, and very distinguished and popular members of
 society.
 
@@ -141,7 +116,7 @@ As regards the trance, I have purposely prolonged its duration to fit
 in with the plot of the novel, and I have also introduced certain
 alterations and additions in order to make the story more complete.
 
-I may remark further that the phantom scene of Renée's mother may
+I may remark further that the phantom scene of Renée's mother may
 possibly have been an hallucination on the girl's part, as I have no
 direct proof of its occurrence, and have only the testimony of a highly
 emotional girl wearied out with vigils to rely upon. Of course there is
@@ -150,7 +125,7 @@ my mind that is not sufficiently convincing, and would certainly not be
 allowed as evidence in a court of law.
 
 Still others who were present assured me that they saw the same
-phantom (or materialized form) at the séance, and the evidence of
+phantom (or materialized form) at the séance, and the evidence of
 such materialization has the great support of one of our most eminent
 scientists who has a well-deserved reputation for extreme accuracy of
 statement and cautiousness, and who has assured me personally that he
@@ -215,7 +190,7 @@ CONTENTS
 
   CHAP.                                                       PAGE
 
-     I. The Café at the corner of the "Boule  Mich"              1
+     I. The Café at the corner of the "Boule  Mich"              1
 
     II. The Dinner at the Villebois' House                      19
 
@@ -227,17 +202,17 @@ CONTENTS
 
     VI. The Analyst                                             76
 
-   VII. Renée's Experience in Storm and Sunshine                88
+   VII. Renée's Experience in Storm and Sunshine                88
 
   VIII. Delapine makes an Experiment in Botany                  96
 
-    IX. Céleste tries to fathom Renée's Secret                 104
+    IX. Céleste tries to fathom Renée's Secret                 104
 
      X. Delapine Interrupts a Fight                            115
 
     XI. A Remarkable Conversation                              124
 
-   XII. The Séance                                             138
+   XII. The Séance                                             138
 
   XIII. The Debacle                                            148
 
@@ -296,13 +271,13 @@ pair of spectacles, behind which there is no eye.
  Longfellow--_The Dinner at the Villebois' House_, pt. iv.
 
 
-"Comment ça va, monsieur le docteur? Pardon that I interrupt your
+"Comment ça va, monsieur le docteur? Pardon that I interrupt your
 reverie."
 
 The greeting was addressed to a gentleman below middle age who was
 seated before one of the little round tables at the corner of one of
 the side streets leading into the Boulevard Michel. He was idly toying
-with a small glass of eau sucrée between four and five o'clock on a
+with a small glass of eau sucrée between four and five o'clock on a
 glorious afternoon in the autumn of 19--.
 
 Somewhat short in stature, and slightly built, he was favoured by
@@ -313,7 +288,7 @@ to attract any very special remarks from the passers-by. And yet
 many of them would have turned and looked again at that gentlemanly
 little figure, had they but known who it was who sat there practically
 unnoticed by, and unnoticing, the endless stream of afternoon
-strollers. He had ordered an eau sucrée, and it certainly was that
+strollers. He had ordered an eau sucrée, and it certainly was that
 simple beverage which stood in that glass before him, but it might as
 well have been tincture of myrrh, or weak tea, or even vinegar, for all
 the great Dr. Riche knew or cared.
@@ -342,7 +317,7 @@ acquaintances."
 "All the more reason why you should begin at once not only to renew the
 old, but to make some new ones," said Villebois. "That reminds me, do
 you remember our discussions in the little room on the third floor at
-the corner of the Rue Saint André des Arts?"
+the corner of the Rue Saint André des Arts?"
 
 "What, when we nearly came to blows over our differences of opinion
 about what you were pleased to call mysterious psychic forces? Yes, I
@@ -358,7 +333,7 @@ it is rather out of date to commence believing too implicitly in that
 sort of thing."
 
 "Out of date? Why, I have seen it with my own eyes. Hardly has the
-séance begun, when the table begins to rise slowly inch by inch, until
+séance begun, when the table begins to rise slowly inch by inch, until
 it reaches a height of half a metre from the floor, and then more
 wonderful still----"
 
@@ -416,7 +391,7 @@ meeting your friend. Perhaps he may have some recollection of me."
 
 "Ah, I thought you would want to meet him, and I can assure you that
 you will not regret it. Pack up and come and stay with us at Passy.
-There are several charming people staying with us including Renée, the
+There are several charming people staying with us including Renée, the
 daughter of old Payot. You know whom I mean. Then there is Monsieur
 Marcel, a philosopher and poet, a cynic in a way, but a first-rate
 fellow notwithstanding, and lastly a most inquisitive and argumentative
@@ -430,9 +405,9 @@ it out and exposing it, but I am fully convinced beforehand that you
 will not find any."
 
 "Que diable, but I have seen enough of Delapine to know that he is
-incapable of humbug or trickery. All the same, my dear confrère, you
+incapable of humbug or trickery. All the same, my dear confrère, you
 have infected me with your enthusiasm, and the programme that you offer
-me is as tempting as a première at the opera."
+me is as tempting as a première at the opera."
 
 "Including the renewal of your acquaintance with the charming
 Mademoiselle Payot," added Villebois with a smile.
@@ -478,7 +453,7 @@ and know what is happening in other parts of the world, or even in the
 Beyond. Well, well, there must be something in it, if Delapine says
 so. He is genuine, there can be no doubt about that. It is certainly
 remarkably interesting, and it would be worth going there if only to
-see him and be present at his séance. Besides, there is Mademoiselle
+see him and be present at his séance. Besides, there is Mademoiselle
 Villebois, who is growing up into such a charming girl. I really must
 have a look at her as well. Ah! yes, I well remember how Villebois used
 to twit me about being too susceptible to the charms of the fair sex.
@@ -499,7 +474,7 @@ of the small tables in a little recess.
 That the doctor's surmise was correct was evinced a few seconds later
 when he heard a clear and penetrating voice--
 
-"Mais non, petite mère, ne vous en fâchez-vous. Although it is true
+"Mais non, petite mère, ne vous en fâchez-vous. Although it is true
 that I have obtained some very startling results, you must remember
 that there are times when my 'power,' as you call it, seems to vanish,
 and I do not appear to be able to read anything of either the past or
@@ -510,18 +485,18 @@ I have so often implored you? You know that it is altogether against
 my wishes, and really I often feel quite afraid that some day some
 misfortune--quelque chose d'un grand malheur--will come of it all."
 
-"Not a bit, you are much too anxious, petite mère."
+"Not a bit, you are much too anxious, petite mère."
 
 "Ah, if I could be sure, but I cannot help my anxiety when I see you so
 abstracted, so--what do you say?--so distraite and so enfeebled, after
-you have had one of those long séances; and I notice lately that you
+you have had one of those long séances; and I notice lately that you
 appear to be suffering from nervous exhaustion especially after you
 have foretold something more than usually startling. Please be guided
 by me, dear, and let me take away that mysterious ring, and lock it
 away from you for a month--for six months. Perhaps if you did not have
-it so much en évidence, you might gradually forget its fascination."
+it so much en évidence, you might gradually forget its fascination."
 
-"You dear anxious petite mère, to hear you talk one would imagine I was
+"You dear anxious petite mère, to hear you talk one would imagine I was
 under some evil influence just because I am fond of my lovely antique
 ring, and like to have it always with me. As for being distraite, ma
 mie, it has nothing to do with my ring. I often have little times of
@@ -532,7 +507,7 @@ me in my long day-dreams in the dear old convent grounds."
 "But you are no longer a child at the convent," interrupted the elder
 lady, "and you should not encourage these ideas of clairvoyance."
 
-"Don't let us talk about it please, ma mère chérie," replied the
+"Don't let us talk about it please, ma mère chérie," replied the
 younger of the two ladies, with a most impressive shrug of the
 shoulders, "let us talk of something else instead. Read this letter
 which I received this morning at the Poste Restante."
@@ -544,10 +519,10 @@ its contents to her mother.
 "Read this and tell me what you think of it."
 
 Doctor Riche, who had been a silent listener to this conversation,
-after consulting his watch, drained his glass of eau sucrée, and rose
+after consulting his watch, drained his glass of eau sucrée, and rose
 with the intention of departing.
 
-At this moment a garçon, carrying a tray filled with glasses high above
+At this moment a garçon, carrying a tray filled with glasses high above
 his head, opened the door, and a sudden gust of wind lifted the little
 envelope off the table where Violette was sitting, and wafted it almost
 to the doctor's feet. Picking up the scented envelope with a dainty
@@ -565,7 +540,7 @@ inscription, in a woman's handwriting:
  Poste Restante,
  Paris.
 
-"Merci, monsieur: que vous êtes bien gentil."
+"Merci, monsieur: que vous êtes bien gentil."
 
 The doctor bowed again, and in so doing his eyes rested on the middle
 finger of the younger of the two ladies who had been addressed as
@@ -594,7 +569,7 @@ him to regard the ring?"
 Seating himself beside the fair Mademoiselle Violette, the doctor took
 advantage of the kind offer of the two ladies, and began to examine
 carefully the object of their conversation. It was a splendid specimen
-of the scarabæus beetle carved out of a pale-greenish Beryl,[2] and
+of the scarabæus beetle carved out of a pale-greenish Beryl,[2] and
 fitted into a curiously wrought gold setting.
 
 "What a valuable piece of jewellery, no modern bijoutier fashioned
@@ -665,7 +640,7 @@ handsome than the sleeper. Now the form is moving its lips as if it
 were speaking, now it is fading away from the room, and the company
 seems to be afraid, they are all very quiet. There is one of the
 men--he looks like a doctor--he seems very anxious, he is uneasy, he is
-bien faché as he looks at the sleeper. He regards closely, he touches
+bien faché as he looks at the sleeper. He regards closely, he touches
 him, he takes his wrist and feels the pulse. He calls out, he cries,
 'My God! He is dead!' Everyone rushes up to him and--ah, the picture
 fades."
@@ -691,7 +666,7 @@ Thinking that she was about to collapse in a fainting fit, the doctor
 hastened to procure assistance.
 
 Quietly making his way through the open door, so as not to attract
-too much attention to his companions, he called two of the garçons;
+too much attention to his companions, he called two of the garçons;
 and telling one to carry some eau-de-vie to the ladies, he gave
 instructions for the other to have a fiacre ready.
 
@@ -699,7 +674,7 @@ When he returned to the little table in the recess, the two ladies were
 nowhere to be seen. He enquired of the waiters, but they could give him
 no information as to where they had gone. The bill had been paid, but
 beyond that they knew nothing. Dr. Riche waited for some minutes, and
-at length prepared to leave the café.
+at length prepared to leave the café.
 
 "Diable, mille diables!" he exclaimed. "If it was genuine then it was
 extraordinary, but if it was not genuine, it was a clever and a very
@@ -726,7 +701,7 @@ It was a lovely autumn evening when he left the hotel. A vapour had
 crept up the valley of the Seine, and hid its banks. A warm mist was
 rolling over the city, while here and there were gaps revealing the
 intense turquoise blue of the sky as the fiacre sped past the palace
-and gardens of the Tuileries and the avenue of the Champs Elysées,
+and gardens of the Tuileries and the avenue of the Champs Elysées,
 lined by rows of trees all decked in their multi-coloured foliage.
 
 The sun setting behind Meudon illuminated the Bois with its beams which
@@ -752,7 +727,7 @@ just get a glimpse of the lakes of La Muette nestled behind it, while
 a little to the south, resembling a casket of jewels, lay the charming
 suburb of Auteuil.
 
- "Auteuil, lieu favori; lieu fait pour les poètes
+ "Auteuil, lieu favori; lieu fait pour les poètes
  Que des rivaux de Gloire unis sous tes berceaus."[3]
 
 The cocher drove past the church and the red marble pyramid which marks
@@ -795,7 +770,7 @@ Claude and Meisonnier. The furniture was of stained oak, rather heavy
 but beautifully carved, and almost as black as ebony with age. In one
 corner was a large "grandfather's" clock, by Vulliamy, and ornamented
 with Louis Quinze panels, whilst on the marble mantle-piece was a Louis
-XVI. timepiece mounted on a wonderful creation of Sèvres porcelain, and
+XVI. timepiece mounted on a wonderful creation of Sèvres porcelain, and
 placed between two exquisite china groups with medallions painted by
 Watteau.
 
@@ -858,7 +833,7 @@ the ideal of an experimental philosopher and physicist.
 But here the doctor was roused from his reflections by the cheery voice
 of Villebois.
 
-"Hullo, Riche, mon vieux, vous voilà enfin! Come along and let me
+"Hullo, Riche, mon vieux, vous voilà enfin! Come along and let me
 introduce you to Monsieur Marcel, our poet, philosopher and friend; and
 also to Maitre Duval, our youngest member of the bar of whom I told you
 before."
@@ -895,10 +870,10 @@ friend the poet?"
 "Pierre Duval, a new advocate just admitted to the bar. Quite a rising
 man, I assure you. A man who is anxious to attain to fame by every
 road, and as cheaply as possible. Oh, by the way, here is my daughter,
-Céleste," exclaimed Villebois, as she came into the room all blushes
+Céleste," exclaimed Villebois, as she came into the room all blushes
 and confusion for being so late.
 
-"What has kept you so long, Céleste?"
+"What has kept you so long, Céleste?"
 
 "Oh, papa, it's all the fault of those wretched dresses of mine."
 
@@ -907,8 +882,8 @@ and confusion for being so late.
 "Well, papa, it's this way. I did want to look very nice, and I found
 that I had nothing to wear."
 
-"Nothing to wear? What do you mean, Céleste? Why, I wager you have ten
-times as many dresses as Renée."
+"Nothing to wear? What do you mean, Céleste? Why, I wager you have ten
+times as many dresses as Renée."
 
 "Yes, that may be, but you wanted me to sit next to Marcel, and I had
 nothing that would harmonise with his lovely waistcoat. The moment I
@@ -916,7 +891,7 @@ saw it, I knew at once that it would kill all my dresses. I found I
 could not match it, do what I would. At last I had to put on something,
 and now look at me," and a tear rolled down her cheek.
 
-"My dear Céleste, you look lovely, I assure you. You always seem to
+"My dear Céleste, you look lovely, I assure you. You always seem to
 me to be trying to attempt the impossible. A woman who cannot make
 herself charming loses half the battle in the beauty competition. It
 is far better to appreciate the dresses you cannot have than to have
@@ -947,7 +922,7 @@ on the forehead, "live up to those ideas, and you will never go far
 wrong. The world, they say, is ever growing old, but youth asserts
 itself on every side, and gives the world the lie. Happy, joyous
 youth," he added with a sigh, "what would we give to feel once more the
-young blood coursing through our veins. Make the most of it, Céleste
+young blood coursing through our veins. Make the most of it, Céleste
 dear, while you possess it. Youth, hope and love are the only things
 that count. We old folks can only enjoy the memory of those sweet days.
 When you know English better I must lend you my volume of Coleridge's
@@ -966,7 +941,7 @@ charming poem about youth which begins:--
       Of Friendship, Love and Liberty,
           When I was young."
 
-"How very pretty," said Céleste. "I must hurry on with my English, as I
+"How very pretty," said Céleste. "I must hurry on with my English, as I
 should dearly love to read beautiful poetry like that."
 
 "Yes," said Villebois with a little sigh, "youth is life, but youth
@@ -975,7 +950,7 @@ it, or to have your friends suspect it, that is happiness indeed."
 
 "What are you two people talking about?" said Riche joining them.
 
-"Father is giving me a sermon on youth and happiness," said Céleste,
+"Father is giving me a sermon on youth and happiness," said Céleste,
 smiling. "What is your recipe for happiness, doctor?" she added
 enquiringly after a pause.
 
@@ -993,7 +968,7 @@ FOOTNOTES:
 was greatly prized by the ancient magicians for its supposed virtues in
 assisting the crystal gazer.]
 
-[Footnote 3: Chénier 'Promenade.']
+[Footnote 3: Chénier 'Promenade.']
 
 
 
@@ -1051,7 +1026,7 @@ cook roasted a fowl in too great a hurry, and so caused him to have an
 attack of indigestion, whereby he lost the great battle of the Nations
 at Leipzig."
 
-"This sounds like trifling with our common-sense," said Pierre to Renée
+"This sounds like trifling with our common-sense," said Pierre to Renée
 in the hope of attracting her attention away from Marcel.
 
 "Yes," said Delapine who had just caught the word 'trifles,' "I owe
@@ -1060,7 +1035,7 @@ can see further than other men is doubtless a genius, but he who can
 do that and at the same time attend to trifles and details goes much
 further; he not only rises to the top, but he stays there."
 
-"Details are always vulgar," whispered Pierre to Renée, as he helped
+"Details are always vulgar," whispered Pierre to Renée, as he helped
 himself to a slice of pheasant stuffed with truffles.
 
 "Did you say vulgar?" asked Marcel, who had just managed to catch the
@@ -1170,7 +1145,7 @@ and even love. As Goethe says:
  "Ja! wenn zu Sol sich Luna fein gesellt,
      Zum Silber, Gold, dann ist es heitre Welt;
  Das Ubrige ist alles zu erlangen;
-     Paläste, Gärten, Brüstlein, rote Wangen."
+     Paläste, Gärten, Brüstlein, rote Wangen."
 
 "No, no, a thousand times no," cried Delapine, "that I never can agree
 to. Riches will not buy everything, in fact they will scarcely buy
@@ -1202,30 +1177,30 @@ inducement to wait, for no man wants everything," said Villebois. "Yes,
 he usually wants one thing in particular--just that one thing which he
 never gets, no matter how long he waits," said Marcel, laughing.
 
-"Have you been to the comédie lately?" asked Renée of Madame Villebois
+"Have you been to the comédie lately?" asked Renée of Madame Villebois
 who was sitting opposite to her, looking extremely bored, and
 apparently utterly unable to follow the conversation.
 
 "Yes, my dear, we went to see Yvette Guilbert, and she looked just too
 lovely in a dress specially created for her by Worth. The gown had a
 white sponge skirt with basque bodice of mulberry satin, and such a
-love of a bodice carried out in pink geranium brocaded crêpe. The right
+love of a bodice carried out in pink geranium brocaded crêpe. The right
 hip was swathed in black satin, and the left side had the material
 draped and caught up above the hem with a gold buckle and fringe of
 black silk. Then Mademoiselle Patel had a delightful three piece gown
 of pale green poplin, with a corsage of old filigree tissue showing
-just a touch of chêne ribbon on each side, while the neck ended in a
-creamy white lace ruffle. And, Renée dear, you should have seen her
-hat. It was a perfect poem. Just think of this:--Swathed crêpe de
+just a touch of chêne ribbon on each side, while the neck ended in a
+creamy white lace ruffle. And, Renée dear, you should have seen her
+hat. It was a perfect poem. Just think of this:--Swathed crêpe de
 chine, with shaded flowers laid flat all along the rim, which she wore
 slightly tilted up at the back so as to show a pale green lining to
 match the gown.
 
-"Oh! how lovely," exclaimed Renée, clapping her hands, "I wish I had
+"Oh! how lovely," exclaimed Renée, clapping her hands, "I wish I had
 been there, but what I want most to hear is what the play was about,
 and how you liked it."
 
-"Really, Renée, you should not ask such absurd questions. I was so
+"Really, Renée, you should not ask such absurd questions. I was so
 taken up with the dresses that I forgot all about the play. By the way,
 I have just ordered a frock like Mademoiselle Patel's for myself. You
 must come with me and see it tried on."
@@ -1241,7 +1216,7 @@ fine that I learnt it off by heart as soon as I got home. Of course you
 know it--don't you, madame," she asked enquiringly.
 
 "What was it again? I am afraid I have forgotten it," said madame, who
-had not the remotest idea of what Renée was talking about.
+had not the remotest idea of what Renée was talking about.
 
 "You must remember, in order to stop her marrying Paris whom she
 loathed, the Friar gave her a drug to swallow, which he told her would
@@ -1273,24 +1248,24 @@ intently, "how I should like to leave this life, and then after a long
 sojourn in some other world, to wake up and find myself, like Juliet,
 once more at home. What countless problems one could solve, problems
 which have occupied the scientists for years. You cannot imagine,
-Renée, my intense longing to enter into the unknown and penetrate into
+Renée, my intense longing to enter into the unknown and penetrate into
 the sealed mysteries of Nature. Alas, that exquisite joys should be
 denied to us, who are the first and last of all things, the Ultima
 Thule of evolution. I feel sometimes that in some extraordinary way
-I shall see it, Renée, but how, where, or when is more than I can
+I shall see it, Renée, but how, where, or when is more than I can
 conceive even in my wildest dreams."
 
 So earnest and so wrapt was the young professor, and so apparently
 far away mentally while giving voice to his feelings, that a silence
 fell upon the assembled guests, and each one in turn leaned forward
 expectantly for what was to follow. The first, however, to break the
-spell was Renée.
+spell was Renée.
 
 "Something tells me, in fact has been telling me for some time, that
 you will have your wish, dear professor. It was only a couple of nights
 ago that I dreamt----"
 
-"Really, Renée, you ought to----"
+"Really, Renée, you ought to----"
 
 "Oh, please let me, Madame Villebois, I was only going to say that I
 dreamt that you, professor, had left this world and had gone so far,
@@ -1298,27 +1273,27 @@ far away, that you were so happy; and then I saw you lying down so
 peacefully and you were fast asleep, and when I went up and spoke to
 you, you never answered, and they told me that you were dead."
 
-"Renée, how can you tell such things," cried Madame Villebois.
+"Renée, how can you tell such things," cried Madame Villebois.
 
 "Pray allow her, madame," interjected Riche, deeply interested himself,
 and finding support in the approved murmur around him.
 
-"Oh, how I cried when they told me that," continued Renée, "and then a
+"Oh, how I cried when they told me that," continued Renée, "and then a
 stranger came up and comforted me, and told me to dry my tears, and I
 should soon be quite happy again. I remember turning round to see who
 he was, but he had vanished, and then I woke up."
 
-"My dear Renée," said Madame terribly shocked, "you must not let the
+"My dear Renée," said Madame terribly shocked, "you must not let the
 professor put such dreadful things into your little head, such dreams
 and ideas are only fit for crazy philosophers and not for young ladies
 in good society like yourself."
 
-"I am quite old enough to take care of myself," said Renée, a little
+"I am quite old enough to take care of myself," said Renée, a little
 huffed, especially as she felt the remark was meant as much for
 Delapine as for herself.
 
 Madame Villebois shrugged her shoulders and became suddenly occupied in
-absorbing her crême de vanille glacée. She tried to think of something
+absorbing her crême de vanille glacée. She tried to think of something
 to say in reply, but on looking up she caught Delapine's eye, and
 noticed a peculiar smile on his lips which entirely dumfounded her,
 and caused her to make a sign that dinner was over, as her only way of
@@ -1376,7 +1351,7 @@ accepts them as a matter of course, and wonders how people could ever
 have been such fools as to have doubted them."
 
 "But what evidence is there," said Riche, "that these apparitions and
-marvellous phenomena really occur? Why are séances held in the dark, or
+marvellous phenomena really occur? Why are séances held in the dark, or
 in merely a dull red light? If the performers were not tricksters could
 they not show these things in full daylight?"
 
@@ -1387,10 +1362,10 @@ broad daylight?"
 "The reason is obvious--the light would spoil the plate."
 
 "Well then, might not the light interfere with the success of the
-phenomena of a séance in the same way? The one is just as logical as
+phenomena of a séance in the same way? The one is just as logical as
 the other."
 
-"Bravo, bravo," cried Renée, clapping her hands.
+"Bravo, bravo," cried Renée, clapping her hands.
 
 "Pardon me," said Riche, anxious to justify himself, "but what I
 complain of is the absence of any proof. What I demand is evidence that
@@ -1420,10 +1395,10 @@ THE STORY OF THE WIDOW'S MITE[4]
 
  Arbeiter--_Marseillaise._
 
- 'Ce n'est pas la vérité qui persuade les hommes,
+ 'Ce n'est pas la vérité qui persuade les hommes,
  Ce sont ceux qui la disent.'--Nicole.
 
- Si non è vero, è molto ben trovato. Bruno (Eruici Furori) Part 2, Di 3.
+ Si non è vero, è molto ben trovato. Bruno (Eruici Furori) Part 2, Di 3.
 
 
 "A few years ago I knew a lady in New York who was in the habit of
@@ -1479,7 +1454,7 @@ disturbed for many years. In fact it had been entirely forgotten.
 "Now, the curious part of the affair was that the smaller bright coin
 had been thought to be the genuine one, and had in consequence been
 used for the Dictionary. No one dreamt that the black one could be the
-genuine one. However, at the next séance when George began talking, I
+genuine one. However, at the next séance when George began talking, I
 said to George, 'I find there are two coins in the envelope, tell me
 which of the two is the right one?'
 
@@ -1524,7 +1499,7 @@ consulted the assistant in the department of coins in the British
 Museum and was assured that the black coin was the genuine one.
 
 "The most remarkable thing about the whole affair," added Delapine,
-"is that Mr. Funk happened to be the only man present at the séances
+"is that Mr. Funk happened to be the only man present at the séances
 who had ever heard of the Widow's Mite, and he had not the slightest
 conception of any of the facts which George had told him through the
 medium. The incident had occurred nine years before, and the whole
@@ -1577,7 +1552,7 @@ them which influenced the medium."
 
 "If that be your explanation," said Delapine, "how do you overcome the
 difficulty that both Mr. Funk and the cashier were convinced that the
-coin had been returned? No person at the séance knew anything about
+coin had been returned? No person at the séance knew anything about
 the coin except Mr. Funk. The incident had been entirely forgotten by
 the latter for many years. Again, how could the medium know from Mr.
 Funk's mind that he had not returned it, when he was certain that he
@@ -1623,11 +1598,11 @@ man who seemed well pleased with the world and himself in particular.
 He was attired in faultless evening dress, with the red ribbon of the
 Legion of Honour in his button-hole.
 
-"Mille pardons, madame, but I was detained at the Crédit Lyonnais. I
+"Mille pardons, madame, but I was detained at the Crédit Lyonnais. I
 have just concluded a most satisfactory deal in the rubber market. So
 important that I was even compelled to defer the pleasure of being with
 you at dinner. Ma foi, you look more charming than ever, madame. I
-trust Renée is well. Ah, there you are, my dear."
+trust Renée is well. Ah, there you are, my dear."
 
 M. Payot sat down and beamed with a smile peculiar to one who has
 succeeded in appropriating a large sum of money belonging to his
@@ -1659,7 +1634,7 @@ mathematics is wanting in prudence," said Delapine quietly.
 
 "Whoever said such nonsense?" enquired Payot.
 
-"François Arago," replied Delapine quietly with a comical smile.
+"François Arago," replied Delapine quietly with a comical smile.
 
 Payot was silent, and a titter went round the room, as Arago was
 considered by common consent to have been the first scientist in France.
@@ -1682,7 +1657,7 @@ contradiction in terms. There are impossibilities logical but not
 natural. Walking on the water, turning water into wine, or raising the
 dead are plainly not impossibilities in this sense.'"
 
-Renée's eyes sparkled as she looked up into his face with a sweet smile
+Renée's eyes sparkled as she looked up into his face with a sweet smile
 of approval.
 
 The professor gave her a slight squeeze of the hand, and fell into a
@@ -1705,13 +1680,13 @@ to tell me the winning number in the State lottery, or to let me know
 what numbers to put my money on at Monte Carlo. Then, I confess, I
 would take up spiritualism with all my heart."
 
-"I think spiritualism is just delightful," interposed Céleste. "I
+"I think spiritualism is just delightful," interposed Céleste. "I
 always believed that we never really die, and I know that I can feel
 what other people are thinking of without their saying a word. I do
 hope that the professor will show us some of these wonderful things. I
 am longing to know all about it."
 
-"Céleste, I am shocked at you. You ought to know better," said Madame
+"Céleste, I am shocked at you. You ought to know better," said Madame
 Villebois. "I am certain all this talk about spiritualism is very
 wicked. Father Pettavel told me so himself, and he attributes it all to
 the devil and his angels. The very thought that there may be spirits
@@ -1727,7 +1702,7 @@ afraid to call out, and had barely strength to cross myself and pray to
 the Blessed Virgin for aid. Thank heaven she heard me, and my prayer
 was answered, and the form slowly retreated and vanished, accompanied
 by the most fearful curses and groans. My confessor assured me that it
-was the Devil himself, and nothing but the efficacy of St. Geneviève's
+was the Devil himself, and nothing but the efficacy of St. Geneviève's
 intercession to our Lady saved me."
 
 Villebois burst into a loud laugh.
@@ -1786,7 +1761,7 @@ at him. When he directed the instrument on to the planet Venus, and
 observed its phases, which demonstrated the fact that the planet
 revolved round the sun, the philosophers refused to look through his
 telescope. When in 1786 Jouffroy constructed a steamboat, he ascended
-the Saône from Lyons to the island of Barbe, he presented a petition to
+the Saône from Lyons to the island of Barbe, he presented a petition to
 the Academy of Science, and requested the Minister of the Interior to
 take over his boat, but they all refused even to look at his invention.
 Seventeen years later Fulton ascended the Seine in his newly invented
@@ -1798,7 +1773,7 @@ the United States, and there made the fortune of thousands of people.
 "Professor Graham Bell went all round New York in the vain endeavour to
 sell a half interest in his newly invented telephone for 2,000 dollars.
 Everyone thought that he was mad, and he could not find a single person
-in the whole city who would risk £400 on his invention. To-day the Bell
+in the whole city who would risk £400 on his invention. To-day the Bell
 Telephone Co. has a capital amounting to millions of dollars, and the
 half interest which he offered would have made the lucky purchaser one
 of the richest men in the world.
@@ -1907,7 +1882,7 @@ again. What a fool I was not to take the number of the watch; for, as
 the professor rightly says, it affords the only clue to its recovery."
 
 "That is quite easy," said Delapine quietly. "The number is B40479, and
-the name of the maker is Bréguet."
+the name of the maker is Bréguet."
 
 "How can I prove that you are correct?" cried Payot, uncertain whether
 to be angry with the professor for making fun of him, or to be
@@ -1916,7 +1891,7 @@ nonplussed at his uncanny knowledge.
 "Nothing is more simple," answered Delapine. "My dear Villebois, would
 you mind touching the bell?"
 
-"François," said Delapine as the servant entered the room, "will you
+"François," said Delapine as the servant entered the room, "will you
 be good enough to go into the spare bedroom, and on a chair near the
 window you will see a tall hat with a gold-mounted cane. Look inside
 the hat and bring me what you find there."
@@ -1957,7 +1932,7 @@ that the works had not been spirited away.
 does such things," said Madame Villebois.
 
 "Do you believe in God?" asked young Duval with a sudden inspiration,
-hoping to depreciate him in Renée's eyes.
+hoping to depreciate him in Renée's eyes.
 
 "No," replied Delapine, "I do not, because I cannot. My conscience will
 not permit me."
@@ -2092,7 +2067,7 @@ thief, not I."
 "What do you mean, sir!" cried Villebois indignantly, hardly knowing
 what he was saying.
 
-"I can see it from here, papa," said Céleste, laughing. "It is hanging
+"I can see it from here, papa," said Céleste, laughing. "It is hanging
 on your watch-chain."
 
 There it was sure enough, and Villebois, looking very foolish, was
@@ -2102,21 +2077,21 @@ he handed to Madame.
 "Villebois, mon ami," said Delapine, "will you oblige me by ringing the
 bell once more?"
 
-"François," said Delapine solemnly, as the butler entered the room, "I
+"François," said Delapine solemnly, as the butler entered the room, "I
 am sorry to have to say it, but it is my duty to accuse you of stealing
 Monsieur Payot's pocket-book containing bank-notes to the amount of ten
 thousand francs."
 
-"Me, sir!" replied François in astonishment. "Oh! monsieur, that is
+"Me, sir!" replied François in astonishment. "Oh! monsieur, that is
 impossible."
 
 "It is not impossible," replied Delapine severely. "You have it
 secreted on your person. I know it. Pierre, please lock the door, and
-put the key in your pocket. François, I must request you to allow
+put the key in your pocket. François, I must request you to allow
 Monsieur Payot to search you. If you refuse, I shall at once send for
 the police."
 
-François grew deadly pale, and falling on his knees swore by the Holy
+François grew deadly pale, and falling on his knees swore by the Holy
 Virgin and all the Saints that he was innocent.
 
 Delapine appeared insensible to his appeal, and merely said, "Monsieur
@@ -2128,12 +2103,12 @@ article he pulled out was the pocket-book. "Now, Monsieur Payot, be
 good enough to let me see whether all the notes are there. I wish to
 convince myself," said Delapine. And taking the pocket-book out of
 Payot's hands, he rapidly counted the notes, and subtracting one of
-them said to François, "I acquit you of all blame. It was I who did
+them said to François, "I acquit you of all blame. It was I who did
 it in order to convince Monsieur Payot of my powers. This gentleman
 offered to make a present of his watch to anyone who could take it away
 from him without his being aware of it. I have succeeded, but I refuse
 to take his watch. Still, as I have been the cause of a great deal of
-unpleasantness to my esteemed friend François, I feel sure Monsieur
+unpleasantness to my esteemed friend François, I feel sure Monsieur
 Payot will not object if I present you with this note."
 
 Whereupon the professor handed the butler one of the hundred-franc
@@ -2171,7 +2146,7 @@ statements.]
 
 [Footnote 5: "Mind sets matter in motion, and permeates all matter."
 
- Virgil.--_Æneid_, Bk. vi.]
+ Virgil.--_Æneid_, Bk. vi.]
 
 
 
@@ -2189,7 +2164,7 @@ PAYOT AND DUVAL
 
 
 If you turn past the church of Notre Dame de Lorette and walk towards
-the corner of the Rue La Bruyère, you will notice a charming detached
+the corner of the Rue La Bruyère, you will notice a charming detached
 villa on the right with a little garden all to itself shut in by
 ornamental railings.
 
@@ -2200,11 +2175,11 @@ to proceed to No--Boulevard Haussmann near the Arc de Triomphe.
 
 It had been raining heavily all the afternoon, and the foot passengers
 could be seen picking their way between the omnibuses, and endeavouring
-to avoid the mud which splashed up on all sides. The cafés and
+to avoid the mud which splashed up on all sides. The cafés and
 restaurants were beginning to light up, and the little marble tables
 outside became more and more crowded with guests. A crowd had assembled
 in one of the small side streets, listening to a trio of musicians who
-were playing outside one of those curious little café-restaurants only
+were playing outside one of those curious little café-restaurants only
 patronised by a select fraternity of Bohemians who meet nightly year
 in and year out to chat and play dominoes, and take their evening meal
 at 1 fr. 50 c., wine inclusive, with clock-like regularity. A woman
@@ -2219,12 +2194,12 @@ At length the driver stopped opposite the house indicated, and his fare
 alighted, enquired if Monsieur Payot were at home, as he handed in a
 card bearing the name of General Duval. A footman in livery showed him
 into a large hall decorated with old carved oak furniture and a perfect
-armoury of mediæval weapons and shields interspersed with rows of
-marvellous Delft and Sèvres ware.
+armoury of mediæval weapons and shields interspersed with rows of
+marvellous Delft and Sèvres ware.
 
-"Ah! mon Général, delighted to see you," said Payot, with a beaming
+"Ah! mon Général, delighted to see you," said Payot, with a beaming
 smile as he entered the room. "I am quite alone this evening, so we can
-have a chat tête-a-tête."
+have a chat tête-a-tête."
 
 The person addressed was a pompous little man, rather corpulent, with
 a double chin, and immensely impressed with his own importance. He had
@@ -2252,7 +2227,7 @@ his metal and lead them on to victory no matter what odds were against
 them when they were all but defeated, and leading a forlorn hope.
 
 "Well, mon ami, how has the world been treating you since I saw you
-last?" said Duval père.
+last?" said Duval père.
 
 "So, so, but I must confess I have hardly recovered yet from the shock
 I got at Villebois' house the other night. Didn't you hear of it? Well
@@ -2275,7 +2250,7 @@ vanished, and were found in other people's pockets. I feel convinced
 that he is in league with the devil, and practices the black art. I
 really think he should be exposed. He is certainly a most undesirable
 man to have anything to do with. It seemed to me also that he has some
-sort of sinister spell over my daughter Renée, and I feel it must be
+sort of sinister spell over my daughter Renée, and I feel it must be
 put a stop to at once."
 
 "Most certainly," replied Duval, delighted to think that the game was
@@ -2301,7 +2276,7 @@ Payot slowly raised his gold-rimmed pince-nez and adjusted them to his
 nose with great deliberation, fixing his eyes on the General with a
 cynical smile.
 
-"Hum, hum," he muttered half aloud. "Renée is a great prize, mon cher
+"Hum, hum," he muttered half aloud. "Renée is a great prize, mon cher
 Duval. This is only her first season, and she has already had three
 proposals from young wealthy men in good positions. Why she has refused
 them all is a mystery to me, considering what very advantageous offers
@@ -2343,7 +2318,7 @@ calmly surveyed as much of him as was visible above the table. "What is
 his little game now?" he muttered to himself.
 
 "And now," continued Duval, "you have only to sign this, and give me
-your solemn promise that Renée shall marry my son, and the concession
+your solemn promise that Renée shall marry my son, and the concession
 is yours."
 
 Payot sat still, playing an imaginary tune upon the table, evidently
@@ -2410,10 +2385,10 @@ one."
 enable me to outmanoeuvre him at every turn. It will be mere child's
 play to me."
 
-"I suppose that Renée will consent to marry Pierre?" added Duval after
+"I suppose that Renée will consent to marry Pierre?" added Duval after
 a slight pause.
 
-"My dear General, how can you ask such a question? Why, Renée adores
+"My dear General, how can you ask such a question? Why, Renée adores
 Pierre--she can't help it. No girl could withstand his attractions,
 especially when she knows how he worships her. How could any girl be
 insensible to his charms with his wealth and his talents? Don't you
@@ -2421,8 +2396,8 @@ worry yourself on that score."
 
 "But suppose that she loves Delapine?"
 
-"Oh, oh! you are too funny, mon Général. What an absurd idea! What on
-earth can Renée find to admire in a mad fossil like Delapine? Besides,
+"Oh, oh! you are too funny, mon Général. What an absurd idea! What on
+earth can Renée find to admire in a mad fossil like Delapine? Besides,
 he is as poor as a church mouse; he has nothing in the world beyond his
 pittance from the Government--a mere fifteen thousand francs a year.
 Why, it would hardly keep me in wines and cigars. I give my little girl
@@ -2436,13 +2411,13 @@ unconditionally."
 "No, no," replied Duval, "I have no fear on that score whatever. You
 can have no possible objection to my retaining the concession until
 the engagement is announced. It will act as a kind of fillip to you,
-and besides, it will be the most potent inducement to Renée to alter
+and besides, it will be the most potent inducement to Renée to alter
 her mind, and obey you, should she have any affection for Delapine or
 any other man. By the way, mon ami," added Duval, seeing that Payot
 was about to reply, "this Tokay is really quite excellent. It has a
 surprisingly fine bouquet," and he emptied his glass at a draught.
 "Hullo! it is already eight o'clock, and I have an appointment at the
-Elysée with the Minister of Finance in half an hour. Au revoir, mon
+Elysée with the Minister of Finance in half an hour. Au revoir, mon
 ami, au revoir," and so saying he shook hands, and seizing his hat and
 portfolio, left the house before the bewildered Payot could collect his
 senses and remonstrate.
@@ -2484,7 +2459,7 @@ went into business.
 
 Two years later his wife bore him a daughter. Nothing could surpass the
 affection of this child for her parents, and especially for her mother.
-As Renée grew up, she became the darling of the parish. Absolutely
+As Renée grew up, she became the darling of the parish. Absolutely
 unconscious of any superiority due to her position and wealth, she
 would mingle in the games of the poorest children. Any day she might
 be seen teaching the little girls to trim their hats with woodbine, to
@@ -2501,21 +2476,21 @@ picked up a scanty pittance by playing the violin, which he did with
 uncommon skill. Wherever she was you would invariably find the little
 man playing or singing, and he was of such a cheerful disposition that
 he got the nickname of "Le Pinson" (Chaffinch). His admiration for
-Renée amounted to worship, and the ne plus ultra of happiness was when
-Renée and her governess would consent to enter his little room and play
+Renée amounted to worship, and the ne plus ultra of happiness was when
+Renée and her governess would consent to enter his little room and play
 a duet with him on the violin.
 
 To see the little Chaffinch chirping and hustling around, placing a
-soft cushion on a chair for Mam'selle Renée to sit on, and looking
+soft cushion on a chair for Mam'selle Renée to sit on, and looking
 through his well-thumbed collection of music for some piece he knew she
 was especially fond of, was a proof of the most intense devotion. So
-absorbed and wrapped up was he in attending to Mam'selle Renée that the
+absorbed and wrapped up was he in attending to Mam'selle Renée that the
 poor governess had to find a chair for herself as best she could, and
-it invariably ended in Renée refusing to play a note until Caillot had
+it invariably ended in Renée refusing to play a note until Caillot had
 found a cushion and chair for her also.
 
 Whenever a marriage took place in the village, the Chaffinch was
-certain to be sent for, and Renée insisted on being allowed to deck
+certain to be sent for, and Renée insisted on being allowed to deck
 him out with gay ribbons in the presence of the bride and bridegroom.
 "Viola, mon p'tit Papa Pinson," she would say with a smile, "you look
 the handsomest man in the village to-day, and here is a new five-franc
@@ -2523,7 +2498,7 @@ piece which I persuaded my father to give me, because I told him I
 wanted you to put on your brightest smile. N'est ce pas, p'tit papa?"
 But one day the man fell ill, and was unable to earn his rent. Poor
 little man, he was all alone, and might have died of hunger and neglect
-if his illness had not by a pure accident reached the ears of Renée.
+if his illness had not by a pure accident reached the ears of Renée.
 
 "What!" she exclaimed when she heard the tale, "do you mean to say that
 they are going to turn mon pauvre Pinson out of his house, because he
@@ -2538,7 +2513,7 @@ village, begging from the doctor, the priest, and the notary, until she
 had collected enough, not only to pay off the arrears of rent, but to
 purchase a few comforts besides.
 
-"My poor little Pinson, what would you do without your Renée?"
+"My poor little Pinson, what would you do without your Renée?"
 
 No wonder she was popular owing to her intense sympathy for others,
 her exquisite eyes beaming with love and tenderness, and yet withal
@@ -2546,7 +2521,7 @@ sparkling with fun, her smile for all, and her light girlish step.
 No wonder the poor looked upon her as something "outre tombe," an
 incarnate angel sent to minister unto them.
 
-Anyone daring to speak disparagingly of Mam'selle Renée would have done
+Anyone daring to speak disparagingly of Mam'selle Renée would have done
 so at the risk of his life. A fine horse-woman, she usually accompanied
 her father in the chase, and many a time she would run a race across
 country with him and the squire's son at break-neck pace. Ah, those
@@ -2559,7 +2534,7 @@ change came over her father. The injury to his head received years
 before on the battlefield, suddenly became rekindled by the shock and
 grief at his wife's death, and from being an ideal husband he grew
 morbid, avaricious, selfish, and dead to all affection. He seemed at
-times to have forgotten the very existence of his daughter. Renée bore
+times to have forgotten the very existence of his daughter. Renée bore
 up as long as she could, but at length Dr. Villebois, who for years had
 been the family physician, insisted on taking her to his home as she
 seemed to be rapidly pining away. It was here that she met Delapine for
@@ -2595,7 +2570,7 @@ the latter of the earth, earthy.
 True love remains when everything else has perished, the latter dies,
 or has wings and flies away.
 
-"Tout ce que touche l'amour est sauvé de la mort."[6]
+"Tout ce que touche l'amour est sauvé de la mort."[6]
 
 It was the supreme development of this spiritual power which we call
 love in its purest and highest sense, which led St. Paul to express
@@ -2606,12 +2581,12 @@ martyrs, the heroes, and the golden deeds of this and every age.
        *       *       *       *       *
 
 The next day after the remarkable conversation between the General and
-Payot, Renée was busy writing in her boudoir, when she heard a knock at
+Payot, Renée was busy writing in her boudoir, when she heard a knock at
 the door.
 
 A servant entered bearing a note which ran as follows:--
 
- My dear Renée,
+ My dear Renée,
 
  I should be very much obliged if you would come and see me at my
  house. I have some important news for you. I shall expect you at five
@@ -2620,7 +2595,7 @@ A servant entered bearing a note which ran as follows:--
  Your affectionate father,
  Alexandre.
 
-Renée turned the letter over to see whether it contained any news on
+Renée turned the letter over to see whether it contained any news on
 the other side.
 
 "I wonder what my father wants me for in such a hurry. Did he leave any
@@ -2641,7 +2616,7 @@ rise to her icy reply.
 happened. However, it is no business of mine." And she went downstairs
 to discuss the affair with the cook.
 
-Poor Renée trembled all over, and a deep sigh escaped her as soon as
+Poor Renée trembled all over, and a deep sigh escaped her as soon as
 she was alone.
 
 "I know my father has only sent for me to make me promise to marry some
@@ -2666,7 +2641,7 @@ receive her.
 "Well, my child," said Monsieur Payot, closing the door after she had
 taken off her things, "sit down and let me talk to you quietly."
 
-Renée sat down, and her father beat a tattoo on the table with his
+Renée sat down, and her father beat a tattoo on the table with his
 fingers, as if he were calling up his troops before charging the enemy.
 
 "I have observed," he said slowly, clearing his throat, "I have
@@ -2674,7 +2649,7 @@ observed that for some time past, Pierre, the son of my old friend
 General Duval, has evidently expressed a passion for you, and yesterday
 the General called to ask me formally for your hand on his behalf."
 
-Renée's heart thumped so violently that she felt her head beginning to
+Renée's heart thumped so violently that she felt her head beginning to
 swim.
 
 "I felt exceedingly delighted, as you can well imagine, since the
@@ -2688,13 +2663,13 @@ is not a shadow of doubt."
 
 The girl grew scarlet, and remained too bewildered to reply.
 
-"That's a good girl, Renée, I can see by your blushes," her father
+"That's a good girl, Renée, I can see by your blushes," her father
 went on to say, "that you return his affection, and that your silence
 implies your consent to his offer," and he rubbed his hands and
 chuckled with satisfaction.
 
 "But, papa, you don't really mean to say that I have to marry Pierre,"
-said Renée gasping for breath, while the tears began to flow.
+said Renée gasping for breath, while the tears began to flow.
 
 "What! What!! What!!! you dare to tell me that you refuse?" said Payot,
 his voice rising almost to a scream. "You silly child, you don't
@@ -2703,7 +2678,7 @@ of half the girls in Paris. A chance like this will never occur again.
 Consider what it means," and he marked off the points with his fingers
 one by one. "A fine, handsome, devoted husband. A large fortune. A
 magnificent 'Dot.' Carriages and horses. A country chateau. A house
-in the Bois. Jewels. Think of it, Renée, any quantity of diamonds and
+in the Bois. Jewels. Think of it, Renée, any quantity of diamonds and
 pearls. Dresses and servants to your heart's content. Introductions to
 all the best houses in Paris, and a box at the opera. Why, all your
 girl acquaintances will grow green with envy. In God's name what more
@@ -2727,7 +2702,7 @@ I disown you," said her father, trying in vain to think of a suitable
 epithet. "How dare you disobey your father's wishes?" And he shook her
 violently with both hands until her teeth chattered.
 
-"Don't, don't, you'll kill me," sobbed Renée, trying to escape. "Oh,
+"Don't, don't, you'll kill me," sobbed Renée, trying to escape. "Oh,
 father, why can't you leave me alone to be happy in my own way? Oh,
 what is the matter? How strange you are. You don't look a bit like the
 dear old father you used to be." And she looked at her father with a
@@ -2736,7 +2711,7 @@ terrified expression.
 He stood before her nearly beside himself with passion and hardly able
 to breathe.
 
-Renée slowly rose and held on to the table to steady herself, her heart
+Renée slowly rose and held on to the table to steady herself, her heart
 thumping almost audibly, while she strove to hold back her sobs which
 were nearly choking her. Monsieur Payot sat down in his chair, feeling
 keenly the rebuff that his daughter had given him, a defeat which he
@@ -2749,7 +2724,7 @@ he should take next. At length an idea struck him.
 you happy," and he tried in vain to smile sweetly, while he patted her
 head affectionately. "You love your father, don't you?"
 
-Renée nodded between her gulps and sobs, and then burst out afresh.
+Renée nodded between her gulps and sobs, and then burst out afresh.
 
 "Well now, listen. Last night the General brought me a concession for
 the sole rights to construct the new Morocco-Algerian Railway, which
@@ -2757,8 +2732,8 @@ is worth a couple of million francs to me immediately, and he promised
 to hand it over to me to deal with, the moment you became engaged to
 Pierre. Now, just imagine what that means to me. Not only two million
 francs, but indirectly I shall make three or four millions more.
-Besides, with the General's influence, I shall have an entrée to the
-Elysée, and be able to secure the Government contracts through the
+Besides, with the General's influence, I shall have an entrée to the
+Elysée, and be able to secure the Government contracts through the
 Minister of Finance. Of late several of my schemes have misfired, and
 my credit on the Bourse is nearly gone, but the moment I can secure
 this concession directly from the Government, I can obtain credit for
@@ -2769,7 +2744,7 @@ that you have altered your mind, and that you are sorry that your
 selfishness stood in the way of your father's recovering his lost
 credit and fortune."
 
-Renée did not reply but merely looked at her father with a dazed
+Renée did not reply but merely looked at her father with a dazed
 expression, and became as pale as death.
 
 "Well! Well!" said Payot, kissing her forehead, and patting her
@@ -2788,29 +2763,29 @@ checkmate his little game whatever it is. Well, Monsieur Delapine, your
 conjuring tricks will not help you much when I come to deal with you."
 
 Happily unconscious of her father's real hostility and muttered curses,
-Renée leaned back in the carriage and gave way to her grief. Arrived
+Renée leaned back in the carriage and gave way to her grief. Arrived
 at the house of her adopted father, she threw herself on the bed in
 a torrent of weeping. "Oh! mother, darling mother, why did you leave
 me? Everyone seems to have forsaken me now. Mother, dear mother, come
 and help me," and she sobbed again. A couple of hours passed away, but
-Renée seemed oblivious of the time. The gong sounded for dinner, but
+Renée seemed oblivious of the time. The gong sounded for dinner, but
 she did not put in an appearance, and everyone wondered what had become
 of her.
 
 At length Madame Villebois excused herself to the guests, and going
 upstairs entered her room.
 
-"Renée, ma chérie," she said, "why are you lying on the bed? Mon Dieu!
+"Renée, ma chérie," she said, "why are you lying on the bed? Mon Dieu!
 what is the matter--what have they been doing to you?"
 
 "Oh! nothing, Maman, really nothing. I am only a little tired, I
-suppose it must be the heat," said Renée, trying to smile through her
+suppose it must be the heat," said Renée, trying to smile through her
 tears.
 
 "Come downstairs at once, the soup will be quite cold, and we are all
 waiting for you."
 
-Renée washed her face, and followed Madame Villebois downstairs
+Renée washed her face, and followed Madame Villebois downstairs
 into the dining-room, trying to smile all the time, but looking so
 dreadfully miserable that everyone felt distressed and sorry for her.
 Fortunately Pierre was not there, and as soon as she sat down next to
@@ -2819,7 +2794,7 @@ Delapine she became calm at once.
 The professor squeezed her hand under the table, and said something
 which evoked a happy smile.
 
-"Courage, Renée ma chérie," he whispered. "Take courage. Some day it
+"Courage, Renée ma chérie," he whispered. "Take courage. Some day it
 will all come right, but not yet--not yet. The night comes, and with
 it much sorrow--much sorrow first. I can see it all clearly--it must
 be; but the joy will be all the greater when the morning breaks. There
@@ -2829,7 +2804,7 @@ just entering the storm. You will be shipwrecked first, but when the
 masts are broken, and the sails are blown away, and all hope abandoned,
 then, but not till then will salvation be at hand. Remember, dear, what
 I have said, for I shall not be able to help you, although I shall be
-with you always. Patience, ma chérie, always patience and courage."
+with you always. Patience, ma chérie, always patience and courage."
 
 A shiver went through her as she heard this, and she could not conceive
 what he meant, but she was too frightened to ask him. When dinner was
@@ -2845,12 +2820,12 @@ she became aware of someone stealthily approaching. She saw no one,
 but felt that someone was watching her. She heard a slight cough, and
 looking round saw Pierre approaching behind her.
 
-"Good evening, dear Renée," said Pierre, holding out his hand and
+"Good evening, dear Renée," said Pierre, holding out his hand and
 smiling. "I hope it is not too chilly for you out here? I caught sight
 of you in the summer house, and came to bring you this cloak to wrap
 round you."
 
-Renée suffered him to put the cloak round her shoulders, but she was
+Renée suffered him to put the cloak round her shoulders, but she was
 too distracted with the memory of Delapine's words to listen, and too
 indifferent to Pierre's attentions to thank him.
 
@@ -2868,11 +2843,11 @@ nights, don't you?" he added, turning towards her.
 "Are you sure you don't feel cold?" he asked, as he began to steal his
 arm around her waist.
 
-Renée never replied, but the fact that she did not remove his arm,
+Renée never replied, but the fact that she did not remove his arm,
 caused him to grow bolder.
 
 "You don't know how I have longed for this opportunity of declaring my
-love to you, Renée," and suiting his action to his words he bent down
+love to you, Renée," and suiting his action to his words he bent down
 and implanted a kiss on her lips.
 
 He could not have chosen a worse moment for his caresses. With her
@@ -2904,7 +2879,7 @@ to foot. "Go! go, and never let me see you again. Henri, Henri," she
 shrieked at the top of her voice as he still continued his attentions.
 "Help me! Help me!"
 
-Renée attempted to escape, and rose up with the idea of doing so, but
+Renée attempted to escape, and rose up with the idea of doing so, but
 her limbs trembled so much that she was quite unable to walk, and
 dropping into her seat from sheer exhaustion, buried her face in her
 hands, and burst into an uncontrollable flood of tears.
@@ -2943,7 +2918,7 @@ son entered the room.
 have you? Well, I'm only too delighted to hear it. I could not wish
 you to marry a better girl. Payot and I have had a little chat about
 it, and we have come to the conclusion that it will suit our books to
-a 'T,' if you become her fiancé. The whole thing has been arranged
+a 'T,' if you become her fiancé. The whole thing has been arranged
 between us, and all you have to do is to go and propose to her and
 the thing is done. Nothing could possibly be easier. I know she has a
 soft place in her heart for you, and if she hadn't it is not likely
@@ -3029,14 +3004,14 @@ all that nonsense that Delapine indulges in, that no consideration
 would induce Villebois to part with him. No, no, that wouldn't do at
 all."
 
-"Well then, can't we send Renée away somewhere? Payot could take her
+"Well then, can't we send Renée away somewhere? Payot could take her
 away to some place where I could see her from time to time."
 
 "True, but the moment she finds out that you are keen upon seeing her,
 the more determined she will be to prevent you. Besides, if she is sent
 away, she will think of him all the more, and we shall not be able to
 watch her schemes, or stop their writing letters to each other every
-day. You must not forget Renée is no longer a child, but has arrived at
+day. You must not forget Renée is no longer a child, but has arrived at
 that time of life when love-intrigues become part of her second nature."
 
 "Well, isn't it possible to get Payot to forbid her speaking to the
@@ -3052,7 +3027,7 @@ apple is absolutely true to life. You have only to forbid a girl to
 do something, and she immediately raises heaven and earth in order to
 do it; whereas, if you had said nothing at all she would never have
 dreamt of it. No, no, we must first have a talk with Payot before the
-Professor sees Renée again, and then we will see how we can surprise
+Professor sees Renée again, and then we will see how we can surprise
 the enemy."
 
 FOOTNOTES:
@@ -3127,7 +3102,7 @@ trembling from head to foot.
 "Nom de Dieu! What on earth does this mean?" said the General
 astonished.
 
-"If you please, mon Général," said the valet, saluting with his
+"If you please, mon Général," said the valet, saluting with his
 disengaged hand, "we found him lying on his face in the cellar, moaning
 piteously, and covering his face with his hands."
 
@@ -3143,7 +3118,7 @@ wines, eh? You idiot, why didn't you attack him, or at least run back
 and lock the door after you, and then come and call me? I would soon
 have settled him."
 
-"Oh, mon Général, I was too frightened. I shouted out, but he did not
+"Oh, mon Général, I was too frightened. I shouted out, but he did not
 move and stood staring at me with his terrible eyes all the time, and
 then I swooned away."
 
@@ -3151,14 +3126,14 @@ then I swooned away."
 "Did he pick the lock, or had you forgotten to shut the door when you
 went the time before?"
 
-"Oh, no, mon Général, that would be impossible, as the door shuts by
+"Oh, no, mon Général, that would be impossible, as the door shuts by
 itself with a spring lock. I found the door locked as usual when I
 arrived there, and I opened the door myself with the key which I always
 carry about with me."
 
 "Have you ever lent the key to anybody?"
 
-"Never, mon Général, never in my life."
+"Never, mon Général, never in my life."
 
 "Then he must have picked the lock."
 
@@ -3178,7 +3153,7 @@ that way. That looks like Delapine from your description. But what the
 deuce did that fellow want in my cellar? By the way, did you shut the
 door when you left?"
 
-"Pardon me for speaking, mon Général, but I did it for him," interposed
+"Pardon me for speaking, mon Général, but I did it for him," interposed
 Robert, "as Charles was incapable of doing anything."
 
 "I suppose it is no use my going to look for him," mused the General,
@@ -3191,7 +3166,7 @@ bring my revolver."
 at once, and see whether anything has been stolen. If anything is
 missing we have a chance of having the thief arrested and taken to the
 Gendarmerie, and if it should prove to be Delapine, then hurrah for
-Renée, eh, mon père?"
+Renée, eh, mon père?"
 
 "I shall have him arrested in any case," said the General. "But," he
 added as Robert returned with the revolver, "let us go down to the
@@ -3405,7 +3380,7 @@ attempting to chastise the elements for their bad behaviour. On the
 carriage went, past groups of workmen in their blue blouses, who could
 be seen through the window of the fiacre standing in front of the
 musty smelling bars drinking their absinthe or vin ordinaire, while in
-the larger cafés others, better dressed, were whiling away their time
+the larger cafés others, better dressed, were whiling away their time
 playing dominoes, or indulging in a game of billiards with absurdly
 large balls on very small tables.
 
@@ -3506,7 +3481,7 @@ at justice being done before everything," replied Paul in a voice of
 indignation.
 
 "Why, my good fellow, if we advocates were to be paragons of virtue,
-like Thomas à Kempis, or St. Francis de Sales we should all starve to
+like Thomas à Kempis, or St. Francis de Sales we should all starve to
 death."
 
 Paul merely shrugged his shoulders.
@@ -3722,11 +3697,11 @@ world that could compare with his. "What poetry could be mentioned in
 the same breath with a great dinner," he would exclaim. "And as to
 science, we know that Newton, Leibnitz, Fresnel, Laplace, Pasteur, and
 the rest of them achieved great things, but compared with the victories
-of Béchamel, Robert, Rechaud, Carême, and Mérillion, they are rien,
+of Béchamel, Robert, Rechaud, Carême, and Mérillion, they are rien,
 monsieur, rien du tout. You boast to me of the moral courage of the
 Christian martyrs who faced death in the arena of the Coliseum rather
-than offer incense to Cæsar; but their courage cannot be mentioned
-in the same breath with that of Vatel, the cook of the great Condé.
+than offer incense to Cæsar; but their courage cannot be mentioned
+in the same breath with that of Vatel, the cook of the great Condé.
 Did any of them bid adieu to life in the superb manner of Vatel? Ah!
 there was a hero for you. He actually put an end to himself because a
 fish he had ordered arrived too late for his master's banquet. What a
@@ -3738,7 +3713,7 @@ with excitement.
 The enthusiasm that the famous chef threw into his work was the wonder
 and admiration of all the leading gourmands of the town. The moment one
 of his favourite customers entered for dinner, the great chef would
-wave away the garçon who came up to take orders of his customer, and
+wave away the garçon who came up to take orders of his customer, and
 attend to him himself.
 
 "Now I cannot allow you to choose your own dinner, permit me to suggest
@@ -3747,18 +3722,18 @@ just a suspicion of Kets Cavier at the side."
 
 "Yes, that is excellent."
 
-"Now for soup. What do you say to crême d'orge à l'allemande? Oh, you
-prefer 'clear.' Just a little Consommé Julienne en Tasse, as we must
-not spoil the appetite for the fish and entrées. A small glass of gin
+"Now for soup. What do you say to crême d'orge à l'allemande? Oh, you
+prefer 'clear.' Just a little Consommé Julienne en Tasse, as we must
+not spoil the appetite for the fish and entrées. A small glass of gin
 a l'anglaise with it is wonderfully appetising and forms a superb
-apéritif."
+apéritif."
 
 "Quite so."
 
-"And for fish, ah, le voilà. Grey Mullets Meunière, or do you prefer
-Escalopes de Mostele écossaise just brought in fresh this morning, with
+"And for fish, ah, le voilà. Grey Mullets Meunière, or do you prefer
+Escalopes de Mostele écossaise just brought in fresh this morning, with
 a little dry hock? And after that what shall we suggest? Ah! I know, my
-superb dish, a 'Caneton à la presse.' But gently, gently, messieurs,
+superb dish, a 'Caneton à la presse.' But gently, gently, messieurs,
 you cannot pass over my Poussins Picadilly, and to please the palate a
 demi-bouteille of my special '84 Beaune, it is superb, it will clear
 the brain." And so the worthy man would go on.
@@ -3800,10 +3775,10 @@ the Mousselmes de Volaille a l'Indienne to get cold," and the great man
 nearly wept in despair.
 
 "Mille tonnerres!" he would exclaim, "Les messieurs have eaten their
-pudding glacé amilcar without blending the flavour with my special
+pudding glacé amilcar without blending the flavour with my special
 brand of Veuve Clicot. Mais c'est terrible!" and he ran off to order
 the sommelier to fetch the bottle. "And now," he said, "I will call the
-garçon to fetch you each a cup of my extra special coffee. Such coffee,
+garçon to fetch you each a cup of my extra special coffee. Such coffee,
 messieurs, you will not obtain in any other house in Paris. I have
 spent years in experimenting with the different varieties of coffee
 beans to discover the most perfect blend."
@@ -3822,7 +3797,7 @@ It was past midnight when our two friends left the restaurant. They
 strolled for some distance along the boulevards watching the merry
 crowds of midnight revellers who seem never to be tired of chatting
 together. Some might be seen in groups round the marble tables under
-the awnings of the cafés facing the pavement, while others again could
+the awnings of the cafés facing the pavement, while others again could
 be seen inside the heated rooms listening to the strains of some
 Hungarian band playing their weird Czardas.
 
@@ -3849,7 +3824,7 @@ most cases yields brilliant colours with certain reagents. (Author.)]
 
 CHAPTER VII
 
-RENÉE'S EXPERIENCE IN STORM AND SUNSHINE
+RENÉE'S EXPERIENCE IN STORM AND SUNSHINE
 
 
 The next afternoon about three o'clock, Payot called at the house of
@@ -3865,7 +3840,7 @@ and a little reasoning was doubtless necessary to show that it was
 the only sensible thing you could do. Now you see that nothing
 could further your interests better, and you will always have the
 satisfaction of knowing that you were the means of binding our two
-families together by marrying Pierre, eh Renée?" and he patted her on
+families together by marrying Pierre, eh Renée?" and he patted her on
 the head.
 
 "Oh, father," she faltered, "I never meant that. You misunderstand me.
@@ -3889,11 +3864,11 @@ to me. Why do you treat me in this way? Why do you speak evil of my
 darling mother who is in the grave? Is it because I refuse to marry a
 man I detest?"
 
-Payot worked himself into a terrible rage, and Renée's sobs only added
+Payot worked himself into a terrible rage, and Renée's sobs only added
 fuel to the flames.
 
 "Get out of my presence this instant, and never come near my house
-again. Do you hear what I say?" he added as Renée made no attempt to
+again. Do you hear what I say?" he added as Renée made no attempt to
 move. "If ever you dare to speak to me again I shall hand you over to
 the police," he shouted, not knowing what he was saying. "Go," he said
 in a voice husky and almost incoherent with rage, and rushing at her,
@@ -3903,7 +3878,7 @@ The girl fell on to the ground moaning, and then swooned away. Payot
 tried to raise her and wake her up, but she never moved, and at length
 he became really frightened and rang the bell violently.
 
-"François," he said, trying hard to control his passion and appear
+"François," he said, trying hard to control his passion and appear
 calm, "my daughter has fainted, I think it must be the heat. Run and
 bring me a glass of cognac."
 
@@ -3911,13 +3886,13 @@ The butler returned with the brandy, which her father tried in vain to
 make her swallow.
 
 "Come now, come now, don't pretend in this way. You needn't try to
-make me believe that you are hurt. Wake up at once, Renée, and take
+make me believe that you are hurt. Wake up at once, Renée, and take
 this brandy. Do you hear me? Now then, you little fool, don't sham any
 more," and so saying he tried to force the liquid down her throat by
 main force.
 
-Renée, nearly choked by the fluid going down the wrong way, set up so
-violent a fit of spasmodic coughing that he had to get François to help
+Renée, nearly choked by the fluid going down the wrong way, set up so
+violent a fit of spasmodic coughing that he had to get François to help
 him bring her round.
 
 "I think we had better carry her up to her room, and lay her on her
@@ -3933,7 +3908,7 @@ fault," he exclaimed. "The obstinacy of that girl after all I have done
 for her is perfectly inconceivable," and consoling himself with his
 magnanimity, he walked up the steps of his house.
 
-Renée, exhausted with weeping, opened her eyes, and sipped the brandy
+Renée, exhausted with weeping, opened her eyes, and sipped the brandy
 which her maid had brought her.
 
 "My poor darling, what have they been doing to her!" she exclaimed.
@@ -3942,13 +3917,13 @@ which her maid had brought her.
 allow anyone to see me on any pretence whatever, do you understand? Now
 pull down the blinds, and leave me alone."
 
-As soon as Marie had gone, Renée rolled over on her face, covering it
+As soon as Marie had gone, Renée rolled over on her face, covering it
 with her hands, and burst out into an uncontrollable fit of weeping.
 
 Dinner was announced, but the young lady did not appear.
 
 "I must go and see what is the matter," said Madame Villebois, as she
-hurried upstairs to Renée's room. She found the door locked. "What is
+hurried upstairs to Renée's room. She found the door locked. "What is
 the meaning of this?" she asked Marie.
 
 "Please, madame, my mistress has a dreadful headache, and has given
@@ -3971,16 +3946,16 @@ heartless creatures."
 She will soon get over it, and to-morrow she will be all right," and
 taking his wife by the arm, he led her off to dinner.
 
-Renée woke up in the morning with a splitting headache, but feeling
+Renée woke up in the morning with a splitting headache, but feeling
 better towards evening, she rose and dressed, and after removing the
 traces of her crying, walked downstairs into the parlour.
 
 The room was empty, and going to the piano the girl sat down in a dazed
-condition and attempted to play. But her heart was too sad, and Renée
+condition and attempted to play. But her heart was too sad, and Renée
 mechanically passed her hands over the keys, hardly conscious of what
 she was playing.
 
-Renée was about to close the lid of the instrument, when she became
+Renée was about to close the lid of the instrument, when she became
 aware of someone near her, and looking round saw Delapine who had just
 returned from the university, and had silently entered the room for his
 evening cup of coffee.
@@ -3989,7 +3964,7 @@ evening cup of coffee.
 and caught hold of him convulsively by the arms.
 
 "My dear child, whatever is the matter with you? You have been crying.
-Come and sit down, my poor little Renée, and let me comfort you."
+Come and sit down, my poor little Renée, and let me comfort you."
 
 "Oh, Henri," she cried, "do please help me. Father came to see me
 yesterday, and tried all he could to make me promise to marry Pierre,
@@ -4004,7 +3979,7 @@ alone in the world, and I have no one to go to in my trouble. Oh, why
 did my poor mother die so soon? You don't know what she was to me,
 Henri," and she sobbed as if her heart would break.
 
-"Renée dear, may I be your protector? Come to me and I will never leave
+"Renée dear, may I be your protector? Come to me and I will never leave
 you. God knows I love you better than my own life. Yes, a thousand
 times better. Will you share your lot with me, darling? I am not rich,
 but all that I have is yours, and what I have not shall be made up for
@@ -4013,7 +3988,7 @@ by my love and devotion."
 Her heart was too full to reply. She just nestled in his arms, and
 their lips met in one lingering delicious kiss of ecstasy.
 
-"God bless you, my own petite Renée," he answered, "I have given you my
+"God bless you, my own petite Renée," he answered, "I have given you my
 soul, dear, and in giving you that I have given you everything."
 
 She fell into a reverie of keen delight, so keen that she felt herself
@@ -4034,7 +4009,7 @@ and hit me?"
 here just as you entered this room, and the moment you sat down to the
 piano I stole in on tip-toe, and stood behind you."
 
-Renée opened her large eyes with mingled astonishment and awe, and
+Renée opened her large eyes with mingled astonishment and awe, and
 paused in thought.
 
 "Will you always love me, Henri? Even when I am old and wrinkled?" she
@@ -4046,7 +4021,7 @@ wrinkled," he replied gravely.
 
 "But will you love me very much?"
 
-"That depends on you as well, Renée," said the professor, amused at
+"That depends on you as well, Renée," said the professor, amused at
 her question. "Don't you know that Italian saying which I think is
 attributed to Goldoni, 'Amor solo d'amor si pasce,' 'Love feeds on love
 and increases by exchange'? However, let us be happy for this one short
@@ -4066,17 +4041,17 @@ me."
 
 "Then you will trust me, won't you?"
 
-Renée merely squeezed his hand, and looked into his eyes with a smile.
+Renée merely squeezed his hand, and looked into his eyes with a smile.
 
 "Of course I will," she added, as a slight cloud passed over Delapine's
 brow. "But does it mean that we shall be separated again?" she enquired
 after a long pause.
 
-"Yes, Renée, for some little time to come. But take courage, ma chérie,
+"Yes, Renée, for some little time to come. But take courage, ma chérie,
 as I told you before it will all come right. And now, dear, the coffee
 is coming, and I hear Dr. Villebois in the hall."
 
-Renée rushed back to the piano and began turning over her music, while
+Renée rushed back to the piano and began turning over her music, while
 the professor sank demurely into an armchair, and was apparently deeply
 engaged in reading the _Petit Journal_ upside down when Villebois
 walked into the room.
@@ -4088,14 +4063,14 @@ here, and so I came a little earlier than I intended."
 
 "I hope the business proved satisfactory?"
 
-"Very much so indeed," replied Delapine, looking slyly at Renée, who
+"Very much so indeed," replied Delapine, looking slyly at Renée, who
 blushed like a peony up to the roots of her hair.
 
 "Ha, ha! I see, I see," said Villebois, slyly shaking his finger at
 them both. "Splendid, splendid," he cried. "Take care of her, Delapine,
 my boy, you have won the greatest treasure in all France. And you, my
 dear, have got a man who has not his equal anywhere. He is something
-more than a man, he is a hero, Renée. Mark my words, before we are two
+more than a man, he is a hero, Renée. Mark my words, before we are two
 years older he will be the greatest savant in Europe. Give me your
 hands, both of you, and let me be the first to join them together. 'Pon
 my word, I think I am as pleased as either of you. But, not a word,
@@ -4126,15 +4101,15 @@ men," said Delapine, imitating the mocking sarcasm of Mark Antony.
 
 "Are you not sarcastic, professor, or do you mean it?"
 
-"Yes, doctor," Renée interposed, "Henri is right and he means it. Oh, I
+"Yes, doctor," Renée interposed, "Henri is right and he means it. Oh, I
 know it so well," she replied bitterly.
 
 Henri squeezed her hand while she clung close to him for protection.
 
 "As far as I am concerned I am not in the least alarmed," said
-Delapine, "but it is my duty now to defend Renée. I am, as you know, a
+Delapine, "but it is my duty now to defend Renée. I am, as you know, a
 man of peace, but I shall be sorry for the man who attempts any tricks
-on Renée, as he will find out to his cost. You know it is written, 'Be
+on Renée, as he will find out to his cost. You know it is written, 'Be
 wise as serpents, and harmless as doves,' but, ma foi, if anyone comes
 fooling around to hurt my dove, I have a right to set my serpent at
 him. Eh, doctor?"
@@ -4152,11 +4127,11 @@ account let anyone imagine we are suspicious."
 "I promise faithfully to do as you wish," said Villebois, pressing his
 hand.
 
-"But you will give us the promised séance at our next party?"
+"But you will give us the promised séance at our next party?"
 
 "Certainly, why not?"
 
-Madame Villebois and Céleste entered the room at this moment and the
+Madame Villebois and Céleste entered the room at this moment and the
 conversation ceased.
 
 
@@ -4231,7 +4206,7 @@ for him."
 "He cannot be far away," said Villebois, as the latter and Riche left
 the room together. "He was with us a moment ago. How quietly he must
 have slipped out of the library. I expect he has gone to look for
-Renée."
+Renée."
 
 "No, you won't find him with her," said Riche thoughtfully. "He is not
 the kind of man who wastes his time running after a woman. I fancy that
@@ -4322,7 +4297,7 @@ am fully convinced."
 "It is intensely interesting, and must be a splendid relaxation for
 you, Delapine," said Villebois, "but all the same you should not forget
 that there are other relaxations also, and one of them is to come over
-to the summer-house where I see François has just brought some coffee
+to the summer-house where I see François has just brought some coffee
 and liqueurs."
 
 As they entered the cool shades of the arbour, Duval, who had been
@@ -4332,7 +4307,7 @@ passing a quiet half hour there in deep thought, rose to meet them.
 and mindful of his promise to Delapine. "We have just come over for a
 little refreshment and cool air after the heat of the conservatory.
 Which do you prefer," he continued, "some coffee or a liqueur? I can
-recommend this Curaçao but perhaps you would rather have some coffee,"
+recommend this Curaçao but perhaps you would rather have some coffee,"
 and he proceeded to light the samovar.
 
 "Coffee and a cigarette for me by all means," replied Pierre, "I always
@@ -4341,7 +4316,7 @@ acme of flavour in the other."
 
 "Very true," said Villebois, who delighted in playing the host, as he
 proceeded to fill all the four cups with the fragrant Mocha. At this
-moment Céleste appeared on the verandah.
+moment Céleste appeared on the verandah.
 
 "Look, papa, what a lovely orchid I am going to bring you," she called
 out, with a wealth of love and laughter shining in her eyes.
@@ -4349,7 +4324,7 @@ out, with a wealth of love and laughter shining in her eyes.
 "No, no, stay where you are," shouted Villebois, "we'll make it a
 prize." Turning to his companions he added smiling, "Let us race for
 it; physics, medicine and law running for a prize in botany, and the
-privilege of having the decoration placed on his breast by Céleste."
+privilege of having the decoration placed on his breast by Céleste."
 
 Villebois, Delapine, and Riche, each shouting 'Go' as the word for
 starting, darted off and ran as hard as they could across the lawn,
@@ -4357,16 +4332,16 @@ while Duval, swift as lightning, seized the opportunity to drop
 something quickly into Delapine's coffee unnoticed by anyone, and then
 with one bound sped after the racers.
 
-"Well done, doctor," called Céleste to Riche, as with a wonderful
+"Well done, doctor," called Céleste to Riche, as with a wonderful
 effort he just managed to grasp the girl's skirt a second before
 Delapine, while Villebois and Duval came panting behind, almost on
 their heels.
 
 "Three cheers for the winner of the Great Flower Stakes," called out
-Villebois as Céleste shyly pinned the prize in Riche's button-hole, "I
+Villebois as Céleste shyly pinned the prize in Riche's button-hole, "I
 think it was a clear case of the favourite winning. Now let us 'return
 to our muttons,' or rather our coffee," and so saying the four men
-moved off in the direction of the summer-house, while Céleste went
+moved off in the direction of the summer-house, while Céleste went
 indoors.
 
 "What a pity you were not here earlier," said Villebois, turning to
@@ -4476,15 +4451,15 @@ Then a sudden thought flashed across Riche's mind, but he said nothing.
 
 CHAPTER IX
 
-CELESTE TRIES TO FATHOM RENÉE'S SECRET
+CELESTE TRIES TO FATHOM RENÉE'S SECRET
 
 
-Early in the evening as Céleste was going upstairs to dress for
+Early in the evening as Céleste was going upstairs to dress for
 dinner--a proceeding which entailed a very great expenditure of both
 thought and time on the part of this particular young lady--she
-encountered her adopted sister, Renée, on the landing.
+encountered her adopted sister, Renée, on the landing.
 
-"Oh, Renée, ma chérie," she called out, "whatever is the matter with
+"Oh, Renée, ma chérie," she called out, "whatever is the matter with
 you? I went to your room yesterday afternoon, and found you moaning and
 sobbing, and you were so cross with me, and asked to be left alone just
 because you had a headache. I know there was some other reason, now
@@ -4493,51 +4468,51 @@ wasn't there?"
 "It was quite true, I did feel upset, and really, dear, my head was
 aching terribly."
 
-"Oh, but, Renée dear, you ought to tell me, your little sister; you
+"Oh, but, Renée dear, you ought to tell me, your little sister; you
 know that I can keep a secret. I am sure that you had something horrid
 on your mind, because as soon as I had gone you rose and locked the
 door; you cannot deny it, can you?"
 
 "Well, if I did, it was to prevent anyone from disturbing me."
 
-"No, Renée, that won't do. People with headaches do not bury their
+"No, Renée, that won't do. People with headaches do not bury their
 faces in their hands and cry their eyes out, as you were doing. You
 have some trouble," she continued, "and I want to help you to bear it,
 may I? Won't you, let me?"
 
-"Céleste, you are just a darling. If you will promise me faithfully not
+"Céleste, you are just a darling. If you will promise me faithfully not
 to let a living soul know, I will tell you my secret."
 
 "Of course I won't, you know I always tell the truth. I never tell
 lies--except sometimes to mamma," she added after a pause.
 
-"Well then, Céleste dear, Henri--I mean, Professor Delapine--has asked
+"Well then, Céleste dear, Henri--I mean, Professor Delapine--has asked
 me to be his wife, you cannot think how happy I am," and while she
 spoke, a look of joy came over her face.
 
-"Oh, Renée, I am so glad," cried Céleste, clapping her hands and
+"Oh, Renée, I am so glad," cried Céleste, clapping her hands and
 throwing her arms around her sister's neck, while half sobbing and half
 laughing she breathlessly whispered, "I have often wondered if that
 would happen, I know that you two are exactly suited to each other, and
-Renée--he is such a clever darling. Oh, I am so delighted to hear it."
+Renée--he is such a clever darling. Oh, I am so delighted to hear it."
 
-"Don't I know that he is as you say 'such a darling,'" said Renée
+"Don't I know that he is as you say 'such a darling,'" said Renée
 smiling. "I have loved him from the very first moment that I met him,
 without being aware of it, if you can understand my meaning."
 
-"Oh, Renée, you are so good, you deserve to be rewarded with every
+"Oh, Renée, you are so good, you deserve to be rewarded with every
 happiness."
 
-"Thank you so much, Céleste, and look here, dear, when we are married
+"Thank you so much, Céleste, and look here, dear, when we are married
 you must come and stay weeks and weeks with us, won't you?"
 
 "That would be just too lovely altogether. But you have not told me why
 you locked the door, and why you were sobbing and crying. Was it for
 joy?"
 
-"No, dear, not for joy, but for grief," answered Renée.
+"No, dear, not for joy, but for grief," answered Renée.
 
-"For grief! Whatever do you mean?" and as she spoke, Céleste's eyes
+"For grief! Whatever do you mean?" and as she spoke, Céleste's eyes
 fairly stood out with astonishment. "You are talking in riddles. What
 do you mean? surely you are not sorry that you accepted him?"
 
@@ -4547,34 +4522,34 @@ crying to-day, have you?"
 
 "No, certainly not, but I want to know all about yesterday's trouble."
 
-"What an inquisitive little girl it is," said Renée smiling.
+"What an inquisitive little girl it is," said Renée smiling.
 
-"Do please tell me," pleaded Céleste, "I am dying to find out, and you
+"Do please tell me," pleaded Céleste, "I am dying to find out, and you
 know how faithfully I can keep a secret."
 
-Céleste's curiosity amounted almost to a mania, and this fencing on the
-part of Renée made the young girl fairly boil over with eagerness to
+Céleste's curiosity amounted almost to a mania, and this fencing on the
+part of Renée made the young girl fairly boil over with eagerness to
 probe what seemed to her some dreadful mystery.
 
-"So can I keep a secret," replied Renée, half sadly. "But please,
-chérie, do not ask me any more questions. I dare not tell. And, Céleste
+"So can I keep a secret," replied Renée, half sadly. "But please,
+chérie, do not ask me any more questions. I dare not tell. And, Céleste
 dearie, please, please, promise me that you will not tell anybody about
 my engagement. You cannot understand what terrible harm it might do me
 if it were known. It must be kept a dead secret at present, you do not
 know how much I have suffered, and how frightened I am sometimes of my
 life and Henri's. Oh dear, oh dear, it is really too dreadful," and she
-threw her arms around Céleste and sobbed again.
+threw her arms around Céleste and sobbed again.
 
-"Renée, ma mie, it is terrible to see you like this, what can the
+"Renée, ma mie, it is terrible to see you like this, what can the
 mystery be? I must know," and in her excitement she seized her sister's
 hands, and pulled the girl to her and shook her.
 
-"No, Céleste dearest," sobbed Renée, "help me with your love and
+"No, Céleste dearest," sobbed Renée, "help me with your love and
 sympathy to bear it, but do not ask me any more. Hush, I hear someone
 coming, remember not a word to anyone," and she rushed off into her own
 room.
 
-"H'm," muttered Céleste to herself as she heard Renée locking the door
+"H'm," muttered Céleste to herself as she heard Renée locking the door
 of her room, "there's a heap of trouble brewing somewhere in all this.
 The mystery seems to become more and more obscure. I shall die if I
 don't get to the bottom of it, I know I shall. Where can I find out
@@ -4596,7 +4571,7 @@ very well confide in him."
 Then, as she still meditated, a soft unconscious colour flooded her
 face, and her voice took on a more tender tone as she continued, "Yes,
 he will help me. I know he will. Alphonse Riche is a real, true friend.
-He's more, he's what Renée called her Henri--just a darling--and
+He's more, he's what Renée called her Henri--just a darling--and
 besides I think he is a little bit fond of me, just a little. Yes, I
 will make him my confidant." And she clapped her hands, danced round
 the landing, and actually whistled, which worthy Madame Villebois would
@@ -4620,7 +4595,7 @@ In answer to her summons, the door opened and Mimi appeared.
 best this evening."
 
 "Would mademoiselle like the blue trimmed with black velvet? Or perhaps
-the lovely pink gown that Madame Louise said fitted you à merveille?"
+the lovely pink gown that Madame Louise said fitted you à merveille?"
 
 "Wait, let me think a moment. Yes, I remember now, Dr. Riche said that
 his favourite flower was the rose,"--this softly to herself--"Yes,
@@ -4629,41 +4604,41 @@ could get me some dark red roses to match it?"
 
 A few minutes later Mimi returned bearing some freshly cut damask roses.
 
-"Oh, how lovely they are," cried Céleste, "I am sure the doctor cannot
+"Oh, how lovely they are," cried Céleste, "I am sure the doctor cannot
 refuse to tell me anything I like to ask him when he sees me in this
 dress. Now, Mimi, a few drops of Parma Violet--so, that will do."
 
 At the foot of the stair-case, just as she was about to enter the
 drawing-room, she caught sight of Dr. Riche.
 
-"Ah, Mademoiselle Céleste, how charming you look--just like my
+"Ah, Mademoiselle Céleste, how charming you look--just like my
 favourite flower, a budding rose."
 
-Céleste blushed almost as red as the roses she was wearing, and shyly
+Céleste blushed almost as red as the roses she was wearing, and shyly
 tripping up to him whispered something in his ear.
 
 "Certainly, my dear mademoiselle. Nothing would give me greater
-pleasure than a little chat tête-a-tête. Let us sit cosily at the shady
+pleasure than a little chat tête-a-tête. Let us sit cosily at the shady
 end of the verandah where we can talk at our ease without fear of
 interruption."
 
-As soon as they were comfortably seated Céleste's impatience and
+As soon as they were comfortably seated Céleste's impatience and
 curiosity could no longer be restrained.
 
 "Oh, doctor," she began impatiently, "I do so want you to find out for
-me whatever is the matter with Renée. She was weeping her heart out
+me whatever is the matter with Renée. She was weeping her heart out
 yesterday, and when I asked her what was the matter she put me off with
 some lame excuse about a headache, and then the moment that I left her
 she jumped up from her bed and locked the door. Of course she may have
 had a real headache, but people don't go into violent fits of weeping
-on that account, do they?"--and Céleste looked very wise (and very,
+on that account, do they?"--and Céleste looked very wise (and very,
 very sweet, as Riche thought) while putting her question.
 
 "Perhaps we might be able to look for some other cause," began Riche,
 when his companion broke in--
 
 "I cannot help thinking that young Duval is mixed up in it, but then
-again what has it to do with Renée?"
+again what has it to do with Renée?"
 
 Riche tapped the arm of the long verandah chair in which he was
 reclining, and remained in deep thought for a moment.
@@ -4671,12 +4646,12 @@ reclining, and remained in deep thought for a moment.
 "Yes, I have it. Do you remember pinning the orchid in my button-hole
 to-day?" he asked at length.
 
-"You know very well I do," replied Céleste, blushing in spite of
+"You know very well I do," replied Céleste, blushing in spite of
 herself.
 
 "Did you notice anything peculiar about Pierre Duval's manner?"
 
-"Let me see," said Céleste, trying to recall the events of the morning.
+"Let me see," said Céleste, trying to recall the events of the morning.
 "Yes, I remember seeing him put something in a cup of coffee, I think
 it was sugar or cream, but I was too excited over the race to notice
 exactly what it was he did."
@@ -4689,7 +4664,7 @@ certainly did not raise the cup to his lips."
 
 "Are you perfectly sure of that?"
 
-"Certain," said Céleste convincingly, "I told you that I was not
+"Certain," said Céleste convincingly, "I told you that I was not
 observing him very carefully, but I feel sure I should have noticed if
 he had been drinking it, because he stood right in front of me at the
 other end of the lawn."
@@ -4698,7 +4673,7 @@ other end of the lawn."
 in a few minutes. In the meantime please do not breathe a word of our
 conversation to anyone."
 
-"Is it so serious then?" asked Céleste.
+"Is it so serious then?" asked Céleste.
 
 "I can't say yet, but please do as I ask you."
 
@@ -4722,14 +4697,14 @@ between us alone might help to clear them up."
 
 "For example?"
 
-"In the first place something has happened to Renée."
+"In the first place something has happened to Renée."
 
-"What, something happened to Renée?" ejaculated Villebois.
+"What, something happened to Renée?" ejaculated Villebois.
 
 "No, no, there is no need for anxiety. I do not mean there is anything
-physically the matter. But Céleste has been confiding in me, and has
-told me that she found Renée weeping violently, and when Céleste asked
-the cause of such intense grief, it seems that Renée refused to give
+physically the matter. But Céleste has been confiding in me, and has
+told me that she found Renée weeping violently, and when Céleste asked
+the cause of such intense grief, it seems that Renée refused to give
 any explanation or even reply, and immediately locked herself in her
 room."
 
@@ -4744,7 +4719,7 @@ present state of affairs."
 
 "Tut, tut, my dear Riche, something has evidently upset your digestion.
 All you want is a good dinner, and then you will regard the world
-through less jaundiced spectacles. I saw Renée myself about an hour
+through less jaundiced spectacles. I saw Renée myself about an hour
 ago, and she was as happy as possible."
 
 "My dear Villebois," replied Riche, "we are both clear-headed
@@ -4758,11 +4733,11 @@ seat of the mischief."
 daughter."
 
 So saying, Riche placed his arm in that of his friend, and together
-they strolled out on to the verandah where they found Céleste patiently
+they strolled out on to the verandah where they found Céleste patiently
 waiting for the return of Riche.
 
 "Oh, papa, I am so glad that you are here, come and sit down and do
-tell me what has come over Renée."
+tell me what has come over Renée."
 
 "My dear child, there is nothing the matter with your sister that I
 know of," said Villebois with surprise. "Why do you ask?"
@@ -4773,7 +4748,7 @@ possible that her father or young Pierre could have said anything to
 her?"
 
 "My dear little girl, why do you worry your pretty head over such
-things? Renée is as happy as she can be."
+things? Renée is as happy as she can be."
 
 "She may be now, papa; but she certainly was not so yesterday."
 
@@ -4781,29 +4756,29 @@ things? Renée is as happy as she can be."
 the day is the--you know--headache thereof, as our friend Marcel would
 say."
 
-"Oh, papa, it is nothing to joke about and make fun of" replied Céleste
+"Oh, papa, it is nothing to joke about and make fun of" replied Céleste
 pouting.
 
 "I am not joking, my child, I assure you I have not been so deadly
 serious since my last evening at one of the English comic theatres.
 Now, Riche, I have something important to write, so I will leave this
 child in your care till dinner; just see that she gets some of those
-silly ideas about Renée out of her head."
+silly ideas about Renée out of her head."
 
 So saying he leaned over and gently kissed his daughter on the
 forehead, and smilingly excusing himself, walked off to the library. As
-soon as her father had left, Céleste feeling that she had been treated
+soon as her father had left, Céleste feeling that she had been treated
 as if she were still a child, turned to her companion.
 
 "Now, Dr. Riche, you can see for yourself that papa will not tell me
 anything, and is only trifling with me. I want your confidence. I am
-sure that there is some trouble brewing for Renée. Is not that your
+sure that there is some trouble brewing for Renée. Is not that your
 opinion?"
 
 "I must confess that it is, mademoiselle, now that you ask me in
 confidence, but I have no evidence, nothing definite to go on."
 
-"But what can have upset Renée so much as to make her cry like that?"
+"But what can have upset Renée so much as to make her cry like that?"
 
 "What time was it when you found her crying?" asked Riche.
 
@@ -4815,7 +4790,7 @@ confidence, but I have no evidence, nothing definite to go on."
 been to see her and had stayed quite a long time."
 
 "Oh! Oh!" exclaimed Riche as a sudden thought flashed through his mind.
-"Now we are getting at facts. I wonder whether Renée's strange conduct
+"Now we are getting at facts. I wonder whether Renée's strange conduct
 had anything to do with his coming? But no, I confess that for the
 moment I cannot see any connection. Still, who knows?"
 
@@ -4824,9 +4799,9 @@ I ask this, but I feel sure that he means mischief."
 
 "I can't help thinking that you may be right after all. Let us be
 allies in ferreting out this mystery. Will you help me, Mademoiselle
-Céleste? Only mind, you must be very discreet."
+Céleste? Only mind, you must be very discreet."
 
-"Can I depend on you?" asked Céleste, looking up eagerly into his face.
+"Can I depend on you?" asked Céleste, looking up eagerly into his face.
 
 "Like my own soul, mademoiselle," answered Riche solemnly. "We will
 both keep a watch on Pierre Duval, and on M. Payot as well."
@@ -4834,7 +4809,7 @@ both keep a watch on Pierre Duval, and on M. Payot as well."
 "Oh, thank you, thank you ever so much. It will be just lovely if we
 can work together. I will do everything you ask me."
 
-After this compact Céleste felt more at ease than she had done for
+After this compact Céleste felt more at ease than she had done for
 some time previously, for she knew that Riche was a strong man who
 went to work and did everything calmly, and would not allow himself
 to be hurried or put out in the least, and that he would carry out
@@ -4845,10 +4820,10 @@ fingers to his lips with a wink.
 
 "Allies and silence," said Riche.
 
-"That is agreed," replied Céleste as she walked quietly away towards
+"That is agreed," replied Céleste as she walked quietly away towards
 the drawing-room to join the others.
 
-Céleste now felt herself in the seventh heaven of delight at the
+Céleste now felt herself in the seventh heaven of delight at the
 thought that she had become a joint partner with so great a man as
 Dr. Riche, and she accordingly felt herself bursting with pride and
 importance.
@@ -4860,7 +4835,7 @@ moment or two, and then slowly walked to the drawing-room.
 this evening," said Villebois to Riche as the latter joined the group.
 
 "Ah, I am very sorry, mon cher Villebois, to be compelled to disappoint
-you, but I shall have to postpone the séance until another occasion,"
+you, but I shall have to postpone the séance until another occasion,"
 said Delapine.
 
 "Oh, professor, what a pity. We shall all be so disappointed, as we
@@ -4880,7 +4855,7 @@ the passage I have just quoted?"
 
 "Perfectly," answered Riche, who in reality knew as much about the Acts
 of the Apostles as he did about Chinese. "I am quite as disappointed as
-Villebois that our séance has to be postponed."
+Villebois that our séance has to be postponed."
 
 At this moment a servant entered the room and handed a note on a silver
 tray to Villebois.
@@ -4889,7 +4864,7 @@ tray to Villebois.
 
 "I am pleased to say," interrupted Delapine, as Villebois took the
 letter off the tray, "that I have changed my mind. The obstruction is
-now removed, and our séance will be conducted in perfect harmony."
+now removed, and our séance will be conducted in perfect harmony."
 
 "What has made you change your mind so quickly?" said Villebois.
 
@@ -4910,7 +4885,7 @@ Delapine smiling:--
 
  "Accept, my dear doctor, the expressions of my most sincere friendship.
 
- "Toujours à vous,
+ "Toujours à vous,
 
  "PIERRE."
 
@@ -4918,7 +4893,7 @@ Delapine smiling:--
 Riche after reading it.
 
 "Professor, you are a wonder, but how in the name of all that is
-marvellous did you manage to read it? Do you see with Röntgen Rays?"
+marvellous did you manage to read it? Do you see with Röntgen Rays?"
 they both exclaimed almost in the same breath.
 
 "It is quite simple. My mind's eye penetrates every kind of substance
@@ -5019,7 +4994,7 @@ almost anything with him."
 As the guests took their places at the table, the sharp eyes of the
 hostess noticed a vacant seat--
 
-"François," she asked, turning to the butler standing behind her, "who
+"François," she asked, turning to the butler standing behind her, "who
 was that chair placed for?"
 
 "Monsieur Pierre Duval, madame."
@@ -5028,7 +5003,7 @@ was that chair placed for?"
 note of apology stating that he had to return to his office, but that
 we might possibly see him later."
 
-Doctor Riche gave an almost imperceptible glance at Céleste, who at
+Doctor Riche gave an almost imperceptible glance at Céleste, who at
 once caught his eye and nodded significantly.
 
 "If Pierre only knew what he is missing," said Riche, tasting the
@@ -5055,17 +5030,17 @@ enough already, but we can never have good dishes enough. If I were
 sufficiently rich I should select all my servants from chefs of renown.
 My valets, pages, butler, coachman, courier, and footman should all be
 cooks of the highest reputation, and each should be a specialist in
-some particular dish or entrée. For example, I should be undressed by
+some particular dish or entrée. For example, I should be undressed by
 an expert in curries, bathed by my connoisseur of wines, put to bed by
 a specialist in soups, and waited on by a man who had won eternal fame
-by his profound knowledge of Riz de veau à la Financière."
+by his profound knowledge of Riz de veau à la Financière."
 
-"What does that mean?" asked Céleste.
+"What does that mean?" asked Céleste.
 
 "A smile of a calf to the banker's wife, mademoiselle," replied Marcel,
 helping himself to some blue trout with sauce Madeire.
 
-Renée looked up and smiled at Delapine who slipped his hand into hers
+Renée looked up and smiled at Delapine who slipped his hand into hers
 under the table-cloth. She felt indescribably happy, but a glance at
 her father, who was looking directly at her, brought her eyes down,
 and her heart thumped violently as she let go her lover's hand. Had
@@ -5096,11 +5071,11 @@ assure you, madame, that piggy is allowed to have all the broken and
 spoilt tubers as his reward as soon as the task is finished."
 
 "Well, I am very glad for piggy's sake that it is so," interposed
-Céleste. "It would be very unfair to let him be good for nothing," and
+Céleste. "It would be very unfair to let him be good for nothing," and
 she suddenly laughed at the little joke which she had unconsciously
 uttered.
 
-"Have you been to see 'Les Fiançailles Forcées' which has just been put
+"Have you been to see 'Les Fiançailles Forcées' which has just been put
 on at the Vaudeville?" said Riche to Payot.
 
 "No, I confess I have not. What is the plot?"
@@ -5118,7 +5093,7 @@ of coin that is to change hands when the marriage comes off is a
 caution, I can tell you."
 
 "Stop, father. Father, what are you doing? Oh, Henri, stop him," cried
-Renée. But Payot, blind to all reason and remonstrance, rushed again at
+Renée. But Payot, blind to all reason and remonstrance, rushed again at
 the young man.
 
 Payot's eyes flashed at the speaker with an angry look, as he poured
@@ -5140,7 +5115,7 @@ so well carried out and so natural that I felt it must have been copied
 from real life."
 
 Payot frowned at the speaker for daring to differ from him, while
-Céleste and Riche simultaneously looked at each other and smiled
+Céleste and Riche simultaneously looked at each other and smiled
 significantly.
 
 The financier caught the glance and began working himself into a rage.
@@ -5170,10 +5145,10 @@ professor and Villebois to ruin me. Je suis un vieux, but I will show
 you I have not forgotten how to fight," and seizing Marcel by the
 throat he attempted to strangle him.
 
-Madame Villebois screamed and fainted, and Céleste went to her
+Madame Villebois screamed and fainted, and Céleste went to her
 assistance.
 
-"Stop, father, stop, you'll kill him," cried Renée wringing her hand in
+"Stop, father, stop, you'll kill him," cried Renée wringing her hand in
 terror, but Payot lent a deaf ear to her entreaties.
 
 Meanwhile Marcel slipped on the polished floor, and the two combatants
@@ -5254,7 +5229,7 @@ fresh collar made himself presentable once more.
 things up I should be awfully obliged," said Delapine, "as I must see
 after the two young ladies."
 
-The professor went downstairs and proceeded to pacify Renée by assuring
+The professor went downstairs and proceeded to pacify Renée by assuring
 her that her father would wake up perfectly calm, and utterly oblivious
 of his terrible outburst of temper.
 
@@ -5262,17 +5237,17 @@ of his terrible outburst of temper.
 
 "Perfectly," he replied.
 
-Renée was by this time so accustomed to finding Delapine's forecasts
+Renée was by this time so accustomed to finding Delapine's forecasts
 prove correct, that she felt quite at ease, and even happy.
 
-"Oh, how can I thank you, Henri, for what you have done," said Renée,
+"Oh, how can I thank you, Henri, for what you have done," said Renée,
 smiling through her tears.
 
 "By not referring to the incident to anybody," replied Delapine with a
 significant look which she thoroughly understood.
 
-"And now, my dear mademoiselle," he said to Céleste, "go upstairs
-and stay with your mother; and you, Renée, go and tell her as soon
+"And now, my dear mademoiselle," he said to Céleste, "go upstairs
+and stay with your mother; and you, Renée, go and tell her as soon
 as she has calmed down and is able to listen to you, that Monsieur
 Payot's outburst was entirely the result of the unexpected return of
 his hallucinations and delusions which he contracted when fighting the
@@ -5292,7 +5267,7 @@ Marcel. But now, owing to the treatment I have subjected him to, the
 delusions have entirely vanished, and he will wake up quite normal.
 So you must persuade her that she need not have the least fear that
 such a painful scene will ever happen again. Now you understand why I
-want you and Céleste to tell her this story, so that she may welcome
+want you and Céleste to tell her this story, so that she may welcome
 Monsieur Payot with open arms next time. Besides, a man like Monsieur
 Payot will be a most useful addition to the circle as soon as I have
 convinced him of the reality of my powers, and made him believe in me
@@ -5347,8 +5322,8 @@ A REMARKABLE CONVERSATION
 
  Conrade Muth in a letter to Peter Eberdach, 1510.
 
- Sempre di verita non è convinto
-     Chi di parole è vinto
+ Sempre di verita non è convinto
+     Chi di parole è vinto
 
  Guarini (_Il Pastor Fido_, Act v., Sc. v.)
 
@@ -5404,7 +5379,7 @@ through space until they fall into the sphere of the earth's attraction
 and down they tumble. You will find specimens (some of them a ton or
 more in weight) in every geological museum in Europe. Now everyone
 believes in them. I remember well when it was first declared by
-Röntgen that objects wrapped round with several layers of black paper
+Röntgen that objects wrapped round with several layers of black paper
 and enclosed in a thick cardboard or wooden box could be accurately
 photographed. Scientists laughed at the idea and declared it to be
 impossible. 'How could light penetrate opaque screens?' they asked. But
@@ -5529,7 +5504,7 @@ bodies?"
 "I will endeavour to answer your question," said Delapine, "but my
 knowledge is too limited to give you really satisfactory answers.
 All attempts to explain life by experiments in the laboratory, by
-chemistry, or by physics are equally futile. Bastian, Tyndall, Büchner,
+chemistry, or by physics are equally futile. Bastian, Tyndall, Büchner,
 Stokes, Haeckel, Kelvin, Butler-Burke, Schaefer, and a host of others
 have essayed to explain life, and all have failed utterly. The
 hypothesis of Arrhenius that life in the first instance was brought to
@@ -5763,12 +5738,12 @@ you. And pray, where is madame?" he continued, as he sat down, while
 Villebois handed him a liqueur.
 
 "My wife had a bad headache and retired to bed," said Villebois, "and
-Céleste went to look after her with a plentiful supply of vinaigre and
+Céleste went to look after her with a plentiful supply of vinaigre and
 smelling salts."
 
-"And Renée?"
+"And Renée?"
 
-"Oh, Renée, I don't know where she is. I think she has gone to practice
+"Oh, Renée, I don't know where she is. I think she has gone to practice
 some music."
 
 "My dear Marcel, what is the matter with your eye?" said Payot. "It
@@ -5831,7 +5806,7 @@ Delapine shut his eyes and placed his finger-tips together.
 
 "Capital, capital," replied Delapine, rousing himself at the question
 and smiling with great satisfaction. "This is better than I expected.
-We shall have a great séance to-morrow--a great séance. Now I am sure
+We shall have a great séance to-morrow--a great séance. Now I am sure
 of success," he continued as he watched the mental transformation of
 Payot. "The only discord I feared is removed. Harmony will prevail."
 
@@ -5863,7 +5838,7 @@ hesitate to believe him when he is speaking the truth."
 
 "Well, gentlemen, what do you say to our all going to bed?" asked
 Villebois. "Good-night, Monsieur Payot, and may fortune smile on
-to-morrow's séance. And now, my dear professor," he continued, turning
+to-morrow's séance. And now, my dear professor," he continued, turning
 to Delapine, "I am sure that you will need a good rest before you start
 your task of calling up the spirits from the vasty deep."
 
@@ -5891,7 +5866,7 @@ THE SEANCE
  Victor Hugo.
 
 
-At last the long-looked-for day of the promised séance arrived, and
+At last the long-looked-for day of the promised séance arrived, and
 in the evening after dinner Madame Villebois, anxious to carry out
 Delapine's instructions down to the most minute particular, busied
 herself in preparing all the details for the arrangement of the room.
@@ -5917,14 +5892,14 @@ of the poet who happened to enter the room at the moment, entirely
 reassured her.
 
 As for the other members of the house party, needless to say they were
-all on the tip-toe of expectation, not unmixed in the case of Renée
+all on the tip-toe of expectation, not unmixed in the case of Renée
 with a certain amount of anxiety.
 
 Delapine returned from the Sorbonne rather earlier than usual, in
 order to see that all the necessary arrangements were made in strict
 accordance with his wishes.
 
-At his suggestion his host had given up for the séance a large room
+At his suggestion his host had given up for the séance a large room
 opening into the conservatory, and it was here that Delapine found
 Madame Villebois busy getting everything in readiness. All the blinds
 had been closely drawn down, and only a solitary paraffin lamp threw a
@@ -5946,7 +5921,7 @@ audience.
 
 This idea had been insisted upon by Delapine in order to obviate all
 possibility of fraud or collusion, so that before he went to sleep
-in the cabinet, every one of those present at the séance might have
+in the cabinet, every one of those present at the séance might have
 an opportunity of examining every nook and corner. As a further
 precaution, Delapine himself had seen that all the doors and windows
 were securely fastened on the inside, with the exception of the single
@@ -5996,7 +5971,7 @@ account of a fight between the police and the Apaches. That, I fear,
 added to her nervous headache has completely confused her mind about
 the events of last evening."
 
-The good lady was about to remonstrate with her husband, when Céleste
+The good lady was about to remonstrate with her husband, when Céleste
 with great tact soothed her feelings, and adroitly turned her thoughts
 in another direction.
 
@@ -6033,8 +6008,8 @@ Riche squeezed his hand and nodding assent, Pierre unobserved by the
 others left the room.
 
 Silently, and in a state of expectation bordering almost on excitement
-the eight members of the circle sat round the table; Delapine, Renée,
-Villebois, Madame Villebois, Payot, Céleste, Riche and Marcel, the
+the eight members of the circle sat round the table; Delapine, Renée,
+Villebois, Madame Villebois, Payot, Céleste, Riche and Marcel, the
 latter completing the circle with Delapine.
 
 The professor was the first to break the silence--
@@ -6079,7 +6054,7 @@ For a few moments nothing happened, then gradually each one felt a
 tremor run through his fingers, and the table began to heave up and
 down first on one side and then on the other.
 
-"The table seems to be alive," said Renée alarmed. "It moves in spite
+"The table seems to be alive," said Renée alarmed. "It moves in spite
 of all my efforts to keep it still."
 
 "Yes," said Marcel, "I have been pressing down with all my might, but
@@ -6161,7 +6136,7 @@ in a more favourable state of mind for some far more wonderful things
 which I think I shall be able to show you. Perhaps Mademoiselle Payot
 will favour us with some sweet melody with her violin."
 
-Renée blushed, and the guests signifying their approval, she went and
+Renée blushed, and the guests signifying their approval, she went and
 fetched her music.
 
 "What shall I play, Monsieur Delapine?" she asked a little nervously.
@@ -6173,7 +6148,7 @@ give us Chopin's 'Nocturne in E flat.' I think this haunting melody one
 of the most delightful refrains in the world. It is truly an inspired
 air."
 
-Renée turned her violin, which was a very fine specimen of Villaume's
+Renée turned her violin, which was a very fine specimen of Villaume's
 skill, given her by Dr. Villebois on her last birthday.
 
 "Won't you accompany her?" said Villebois, for Delapine with his
@@ -6191,7 +6166,7 @@ in his chair. His face became suddenly transfigured, and changed to an
 almost death-like pallor. Gradually he appeared to go off into a kind
 of trance.
 
-Renée, having tuned up her instrument, began playing.
+Renée, having tuned up her instrument, began playing.
 
 Suddenly the guests were petrified with astonishment by hearing the
 piano accurately accompanying her all by itself. They could see the
@@ -6210,7 +6185,7 @@ But the professor was in a profound state of coma. He never stirred,
 and they could only detect the nervous movements of his fingers, and a
 corresponding tremble of his lips.
 
-Renée felt inspired. The fact that her adored fiancé was accompanying
+Renée felt inspired. The fact that her adored fiancé was accompanying
 her, caused her to redouble her efforts, and she far surpassed her
 extreme powers. Even her teacher, who was very reserved in his
 compliments, would have been unable to have detected a fault had he
@@ -6219,37 +6194,37 @@ been present.
 The conversation which had begun in whispers stopped by common consent,
 and all listened enraptured.
 
-At length the music ceased, and Renée observed the silent approval in
+At length the music ceased, and Renée observed the silent approval in
 the faces of all the guests, but the professor never woke. Villebois
-got up with the intention of awakening the professor, but Renée seized
+got up with the intention of awakening the professor, but Renée seized
 his arm, and putting her finger to her lips, bade him sit down quietly.
 All the guests remained sitting in profound silence.
 
-Suddenly Renée walked over to where Delapine was sleeping, and clasped
+Suddenly Renée walked over to where Delapine was sleeping, and clasped
 him by the hand. She evidently felt something, for she relinquished his
 hand and stole softly out of the room, leaving the door wide open.
 
-Riche noticed Renée's departure, and whispered to Céleste, who silently
-left the room to look for Renée. The guests had been waiting in
+Riche noticed Renée's departure, and whispered to Céleste, who silently
+left the room to look for Renée. The guests had been waiting in
 silence for about a minute when suddenly they heard the organ (which
 Villebois had erected at the end of the library) pealing out the air
-of the "Marche Funèbre." First came the prelude, then the solemn tones
+of the "Marche Funèbre." First came the prelude, then the solemn tones
 of death and the mourners and the funeral service, and gradually the
 Vox Celeste and the Vox Humana pealed forth the triumphant notes
 "Oh, Death, where is thy sting, oh, Grave, thy victory? For Death is
 swallowed up in Victory." The guests were entranced. The organ, which
 had a superb tone, was played as it had never been played before.
 
-"Surely angels must be playing it," said Céleste to Riche, who had
+"Surely angels must be playing it," said Céleste to Riche, who had
 tracked her to the library, and found her working the bellows with all
 her might. But the keys and stops moved of their own accord. At length
 the air was finished, and the guests who had stood in awe just inside
-the door of the library returned to the séance. Delapine had just woken
+the door of the library returned to the séance. Delapine had just woken
 up.
 
 "Well," he said to the astonished guests, "I have had such a curious
 dream. I dreamt that I was in heaven and that I was playing the 'March
-Funèbre' to a select crowd of angels."
+Funèbre' to a select crowd of angels."
 
 "By Jove," said Marcel, "I would go to heaven to-morrow if I could hear
 music like that. Why, my dear professor, I never heard such music in my
@@ -6258,12 +6233,12 @@ make Paderewski weep with mingled envy and rapture. His music one can
 only compare to a school-girl strumming after yours."
 
 "Oh, please, professor, give us one more piece," said Madame Villebois
-and Céleste in one breath.
+and Céleste in one breath.
 
 "Well, if I can, you shall have one more, but I shall want a rest
 afterwards, as it fatigues me more than you have any idea of."
 
-He whispered something to Renée, and she at once rose and tuned up her
+He whispered something to Renée, and she at once rose and tuned up her
 violin. Placing the piece of music in front of her, she began playing
 the prelude to 'En Sourdine' by Tellam. Then suddenly the piano took up
 the refrain.
@@ -6281,7 +6256,7 @@ weeping.
 "I propose," said Marcel, unconsciously imitating the speaker of the
 House of Commons on the conclusion of Sheridan's great speech during
 the debate on Warren Hastings, "that we do now adjourn to the smoking
-room to recover from the sublime effects of Delapine's and Renée's
+room to recover from the sublime effects of Delapine's and Renée's
 melodies."
 
 The professor went to his room to obtain his much needed rest on the
@@ -6311,14 +6286,14 @@ THE DEBACLE
  Un peu de haine,
    Et puis--bon jour.
 
- La vie est brève;
+ La vie est brève;
    Un peu d'espoir,
- Un peu de rêve,
+ Un peu de rêve,
    Et puis--bon soir.
 
  (Monte-Naken).
 
- Concurritis horae momento cità mors venit.
+ Concurritis horae momento cità mors venit.
 
  (_Horace_, S. 1 1.7).
 
@@ -6326,7 +6301,7 @@ THE DEBACLE
 
 
 "Professor," said Monsieur Payot after Delapine had had a good rest,
-and the guests had assembled in the room of the séance once more. "Did
+and the guests had assembled in the room of the séance once more. "Did
 you really play the piano?"
 
 "Of course," said Delapine, "and the organ too. Did you not see me send
@@ -6339,9 +6314,9 @@ the organ."
 "But you remember, papa, I used to work the bellows in the old village
 church."
 
-"That is true, Renée," said Payot, patting her on the head.
+"That is true, Renée," said Payot, patting her on the head.
 
-Renée looked up, surprised, and her eyes filled with tears, as this was
+Renée looked up, surprised, and her eyes filled with tears, as this was
 the first time she had been caressed by her father since her mother
 died.
 
@@ -6460,11 +6435,11 @@ Three knocks were heard and felt by all the sitters.
 Slowly the raps spelt out M-a-r-i-a L-e-o-n-o-r-a.
 
 "Maria Leonora, why, that is my dear mother's maiden name," whispered
-Renée to Villebois.
+Renée to Villebois.
 
 Again the raps spelt out M-a-r-i-a L-e-o-n-o-r-a.
 
-The financier turned pale as death, while Renée trembled all over.
+The financier turned pale as death, while Renée trembled all over.
 
 "I want Monsieur Delapine to retire to the cabinet, I think I can then
 collect power enough to appear and speak," was rapped out.
@@ -6489,12 +6464,12 @@ condensed into the outlines of a woman attired in a black silk dress
 with a white lace collar.
 
 In a few seconds the form could be distinctly seen moving towards the
-guests. She approached Renée who recognised her in the dim light.
+guests. She approached Renée who recognised her in the dim light.
 
 "Is that you, darling mother?" she cried, "you don't seem changed a
 bit."
 
-"Yes, Renée, I am your mother, and you don't appear changed either, as
+"Yes, Renée, I am your mother, and you don't appear changed either, as
 I have seen you ever so many times since I passed over. I have often
 stood at your bedside and watched over you. Turn the lamp higher,
 I have power enough left to stand it for a few moments. But I must
@@ -6514,7 +6489,7 @@ Delapine?"
 "Indeed it will," she replied, "but I cannot tell you the reason."
 
 "Oh, my dear husband," she said, "promise me that you will be kind to
-my little Renée. Your conduct to her since I passed over has caused me
+my little Renée. Your conduct to her since I passed over has caused me
 such intense grief."
 
 "I promise," said Payot, feeling heartily ashamed of himself.
@@ -6524,16 +6499,16 @@ such intense grief."
 "You may, but you will not see me any more, for it will cause my form
 to melt away. As it is, I can only stay a few minutes."
 
-"Oh, mother dear," said Renée, "give me a kiss--just one kiss before
+"Oh, mother dear," said Renée, "give me a kiss--just one kiss before
 you leave me."
 
-"Do not be anxious, Renée. I shall see you again very soon. And now,
+"Do not be anxious, Renée. I shall see you again very soon. And now,
 sir, you may take my photograph as I am about to be called away."
 
 Riche, having focused the camera, pressed the ball, and a dazzling
 light followed as the magnesium powder blazed up.
 
-Everyone saw the figure of Renée's mother and Delapine asleep behind
+Everyone saw the figure of Renée's mother and Delapine asleep behind
 her in the cabinet.
 
 As the smoke dispersed, the guests observed the figure slowly melting
@@ -6541,7 +6516,7 @@ away in the air.
 
 She was gone.
 
-A female voice was heard behind the curtain, "Au revoir, Renée, my
+A female voice was heard behind the curtain, "Au revoir, Renée, my
 child, I shall soon see you again."
 
 Villebois turned up the light and looked into the cabinet. Delapine was
@@ -6569,7 +6544,7 @@ who remained in the cabinet.
 Villebois and Marcel, having seen the ladies safe in the summer-house,
 ran round to the garden gate and hurried to the nearest fire alarm,
 while the others ran to the house to ascertain the cause of the fire.
-Renée looked round and missed her lover.
+Renée looked round and missed her lover.
 
 "Henri! Henri!" she cried, "where are you? They have left him in the
 cabinet. O God be merciful!"
@@ -6581,7 +6556,7 @@ me and get the professor away, he is asleep in the cabinet."
 disturb him, but we can stand by and remove him as soon as there is any
 danger. It will only be the work of a minute to carry him out into the
 garden. You need not be alarmed, there is nothing to fear." At this
-moment Céleste joined them.
+moment Céleste joined them.
 
 "What can have caused the fire?" she asked.
 
@@ -6595,32 +6570,32 @@ said Riche.
 to go to his office at once, and asking us to apologise to Madame
 Villebois for him?"
 
-"Of course I do," replied Céleste, "but I am not so sure that he did
+"Of course I do," replied Céleste, "but I am not so sure that he did
 leave the house."
 
-"What do you mean?" asked Renée, who had heard her sister's remark.
+"What do you mean?" asked Renée, who had heard her sister's remark.
 
-"I am afraid he wants to harm Professor Delapine," said Céleste.
+"I am afraid he wants to harm Professor Delapine," said Céleste.
 
-"Nonsense," cried Renée, "you surely don't mean to say he wants to
+"Nonsense," cried Renée, "you surely don't mean to say he wants to
 injure Delapine?"
 
 "No, no," said Riche, getting alarmed in turn, "she didn't mean
 that exactly, she merely meant to say--that we must set to work to
 extinguish the fire if we want to save the house. Now, mademoiselle,
-you go back to the summer-house with Céleste, and don't stir until I
+you go back to the summer-house with Céleste, and don't stir until I
 come back, and I promise you no harm shall come to Delapine. Meanwhile
 I will walk round the house."
 
 With these words he left the two girls, and proceeded to assist the
 others in tracing the source of the fire.
 
-"I wonder if there can be any truth in Céleste's remark," muttered
-Riche to himself. "No, no, what Céleste is saying is all nonsense, I
+"I wonder if there can be any truth in Céleste's remark," muttered
+Riche to himself. "No, no, what Céleste is saying is all nonsense, I
 will never believe it. I feel convinced that Pierre is in his chambers
 by this time."
 
-On the day before the séance, Pierre had purchased a quantity of
+On the day before the séance, Pierre had purchased a quantity of
 shavings and a large bottle of naphtha together with some phosphorous
 which he dissolved in it.
 
@@ -6628,9 +6603,9 @@ which he dissolved in it.
 will be able to guess who did it."
 
 On arriving at the house of Dr. Villebois some time after dinner on the
-evening of the séance, he availed himself of a favourable opportunity,
+evening of the séance, he availed himself of a favourable opportunity,
 at a moment when the servant was not looking, to deposit a small black
-bag in a corner of the hall. Just at the beginning of the séance, as
+bag in a corner of the hall. Just at the beginning of the séance, as
 will be remembered, he slipped out of the room and recovering his bag
 from its hiding place, went cautiously upstairs to Riche's bedroom,
 taking extra precautions that no one should see him enter. Quickly
@@ -6642,7 +6617,7 @@ placing the key in his pocket. "Now," he muttered, "I must get back to
 the 'spiritualists' and watch their movements from my place of vantage,
 and then mon brave Delapine, we shall see."
 
-Pierre returned to the room adjoining the séance room, which opened
+Pierre returned to the room adjoining the séance room, which opened
 into the conservatory, and taking up a position behind a curtain from
 where he could see what went on without being observed, he cautiously
 opened the little phial containing some of the liquid he had stolen
@@ -6660,7 +6635,7 @@ ceiling, and spreading down the stairs.
 hiding-place.
 
 In about five minutes' time the smoke began slowly to penetrate the
-room and make its way into the séance chamber.
+room and make its way into the séance chamber.
 
 "Keep calm, keep calm," he said to himself, as he heard a commotion
 among the guests in the adjoining room.
@@ -6669,7 +6644,7 @@ Peeping through the keyhole, Pierre saw the guests hurriedly rise up
 and rush out through the conservatory into the garden.
 
 As soon as he had ascertained that the last person had left the room,
-he cautiously opened the door and crept into the séance room. He first
+he cautiously opened the door and crept into the séance room. He first
 adjusted the blinds of the conservatory window and door, so that no
 light could penetrate, and then turned up the lights sufficiently high
 to observe the professor in the cabinet. There he was, clear enough,
@@ -6709,11 +6684,11 @@ likes it or not," and putting his thoughts into practice he ran down
 into the dining room.
 
 "I'll swear," he said to himself, "there is someone moving about in the
-séance room. I wonder who it can be. I thought everyone had gone into
+séance room. I wonder who it can be. I thought everyone had gone into
 the garden. I must go and see who it is."
 
 Pierre was just in the act of pushing the piston home when he heard
-someone walking towards the door of the séance room. In his hurry he
+someone walking towards the door of the séance room. In his hurry he
 became nervous and his hand shook, so that the needle of the syringe
 broke off abruptly at the neck of the shaft.
 
@@ -6771,7 +6746,7 @@ I'll back my wits against theirs any day."
 "Where shall I drive to now?" said the cocher, looking through the
 window.
 
-"Oh! drive to the Café Américain. No, on second thoughts I prefer
+"Oh! drive to the Café Américain. No, on second thoughts I prefer
 Maxim's."
 
 The coachman turned his horse round and speedily found his way into the
@@ -6781,7 +6756,7 @@ Rue Royale, where he drove to the place indicated.
 sense not to tell him to drive to my diggings, as they might have found
 out the cocher's number, and got to know where he drove me." Pierre
 paid the cocher, and pushed his way through the great wheeling door
-with its plate glass leaves into the well-known café. The musicians
+with its plate glass leaves into the well-known café. The musicians
 had just recommenced playing, and taking a seat he looked around him,
 scowling, and feeling as angry and miserable as he could be. A double
 stream of men and women kept constantly passing in and out through the
@@ -6789,7 +6764,7 @@ revolving doors which reminded one of a Nile-steamer's paddle-wheel on
 end. A faint sickly smell of cigarette smoke mingled with violet powder
 and patchouli and the vinous breath of a hundred human beings filled
 the air. The whole room was a babel of voices. At one end of the room
-were a group of men and elegantly dressed ladies drinking their café
+were a group of men and elegantly dressed ladies drinking their café
 noir or sipping iced drinks through straws.
 
 An American with his companion--obviously a young Englishman--entered
@@ -6989,7 +6964,7 @@ CHAPTER XIV
 COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE
 
  Chi rende alla meschina
-     La sua felicità[9]
+     La sua felicità[9]
 
  Oh! what a noble heart was here undone,
    When Science self destroyed her favourite son!
@@ -6999,7 +6974,7 @@ COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE
  Byron, on the death of Kirke White.
 
  Concurritur: horae
-   Momento cità mors venit.
+   Momento cità mors venit.
 
  _Horace_, S. 1. 1. 7.
 
@@ -7126,8 +7101,8 @@ extinguished, proceeded to take the hose-pipe out of the house. In a
 few minutes they had departed, leaving Villebois and his guests alone
 in the house looking at one another and wondering what it all meant.
 
-Meanwhile Renée and Céleste, unable to control their anxiety, disobeyed
-Riche's instructions and ran back into the séance room where they met
+Meanwhile Renée and Céleste, unable to control their anxiety, disobeyed
+Riche's instructions and ran back into the séance room where they met
 Riche bending over the professor.
 
 "What is the matter with Delapine?" they both cried with a look of
@@ -7135,12 +7110,12 @@ terror on their faces.
 
 Riche looked very sad and distressed, but said nothing.
 
-"Oh! doctor, do tell me, is there anything the matter?" said Renée,
+"Oh! doctor, do tell me, is there anything the matter?" said Renée,
 staring at him with her great eyes wide open.
 
 "I am afraid so," said Riche in a subdued voice.
 
-"You don't surely mean--that he is dead?" Renée asked in a broken
+"You don't surely mean--that he is dead?" Renée asked in a broken
 voice, becoming deadly pale. "Oh, doctor, tell me quickly, what is the
 matter?"
 
@@ -7148,22 +7123,22 @@ matter?"
 
 "What!--what did you say, doctor? Dead! no--no--it can't be true."
 
-Renée looked at his face half doubting, half believing, and then
+Renée looked at his face half doubting, half believing, and then
 turning her face towards Delapine she flung her arms round him, and
 covered his face with kisses in an agony of grief.
 
 "Henri! Henri! come back, come back to me, oh my beloved!" and she
 burst into tears, while her whole frame shook convulsively.
 
-Céleste sobbed in sympathy, and even Riche, usually so calm, wiped away
+Céleste sobbed in sympathy, and even Riche, usually so calm, wiped away
 a tear.
 
-Villebois looked at Renée with a puzzled expression mingled with
+Villebois looked at Renée with a puzzled expression mingled with
 sadness.
 
-"Come, my poor little Renée," he said at length. "Wake up, my child;
+"Come, my poor little Renée," he said at length. "Wake up, my child;
 this grief will do you no good;" and he gently patted her head and
-kissed her; but Renée never moved.
+kissed her; but Renée never moved.
 
 The professor lay before them in the calm sleep of death. He looked
 unearthly yet beautiful with his serene, peaceful smile, like some
@@ -7190,9 +7165,9 @@ in its duty--where was it now? And the answer, like the echo of death,
 came back, "Toll for the mighty dead, he is no more, his soul is gone
 for ever."
 
-Céleste silently slipped out of the room, and then ran as quickly as
+Céleste silently slipped out of the room, and then ran as quickly as
 she could and told the others. They all hurried into the chamber,
-Céleste leading the way.
+Céleste leading the way.
 
 "Oh, papa," she cried, "whatever shall we do, isn't it dreadful? My
 poor darling sister, it will kill her, I know it will. You don't know
@@ -7212,13 +7187,13 @@ response in his better nature.
 
 He bent down and tenderly kissed his daughter.
 
-Renée turned her head up to her father with a look of surprise, as she
+Renée turned her head up to her father with a look of surprise, as she
 was quite unaccustomed to receive any tokens of affection from him.
 
 "Villebois, mon cher," said Payot looking at him, "I hear someone
 knocking loudly at the door of the house."
 
-Villebois immediately went out of the room, and François ran up to him
+Villebois immediately went out of the room, and François ran up to him
 in an excited manner.
 
 "Monsieur le Commissaire de Police with two sergeants have arrived, and
@@ -7268,7 +7243,7 @@ permission.
 "Now, Monsieur Villebois, let us go together and see the victim."
 
 They stepped carefully across the wet, slippery floor, and entered the
-séance room in silence.
+séance room in silence.
 
 Monsieur Biron went up to Delapine's body and carefully examined him.
 
@@ -7480,7 +7455,7 @@ said, the place reeked of naphtha and bore traces of having been
 intentionally set on fire.
 
 "I understand it all," said Riche. "Someone has set fire to my bedroom
-in order to draw the guests away from the séance room, so that he might
+in order to draw the guests away from the séance room, so that he might
 have a free hand to inject the poison unobserved into the arm of the
 sleeping professor."
 
@@ -7506,7 +7481,7 @@ CHAPTER XV
 
 DR. RICHE MAKES A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY
 
- Dal sonno a la morte è un picciol varco.[10]
+ Dal sonno a la morte è un picciol varco.[10]
  (_Tasso Gerusalemme Liberata_, ix. 18.)
 
  Perir non lascia chi perir non merita.[11]
@@ -7517,24 +7492,24 @@ DR. RICHE MAKES A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY
 
 
 On entering the adjoining apartment Villebois and Riche ran to the
-assistance of Renée who was lying on the sofa in a dead faint. Madame
+assistance of Renée who was lying on the sofa in a dead faint. Madame
 Villebois was busy applying the usual restoratives, while Payot in a
 terrible state of excitement had just rushed out of the room to search
 for a bottle of brandy. On opening the door he literally fell into the
-arms of François and the other domestics, who had collected round the
+arms of François and the other domestics, who had collected round the
 door to try and discover what was going on.
 
 "Eavesdropping, Hein!" he cried. "How dare you leave your duties and
-gossip like this. Be off with you. Here, François, show me at once
+gossip like this. Be off with you. Here, François, show me at once
 where you keep the brandy," and seizing him by the arm they ran to the
 cellar to fetch it.
 
-Meanwhile Céleste, half scared to death, was kneeling beside Renée,
+Meanwhile Céleste, half scared to death, was kneeling beside Renée,
 chafing her cold bloodless hands, while she looked up through her tears
 at the other guests who were assembled round the couch, and conversing
 in excited tones.
 
-Villebois and Riche gently pushed them aside, and taking Renée in their
+Villebois and Riche gently pushed them aside, and taking Renée in their
 arms, carried her up to bed.
 
 "We can do nothing more to-night," said Villebois, consulting his
@@ -7546,7 +7521,7 @@ rooms.
 "Monsieur Payot," said Villebois, "I cannot let you leave to-night. If
 you don't mind I will make you up a bed in the library."
 
-"Do you mind, colleague," said Riche, "if I sleep in the séance-room."
+"Do you mind, colleague," said Riche, "if I sleep in the séance-room."
 
 "My dear Riche, I cannot permit you to sleep in a room with a dead
 body. Why can't you go to your own room?"
@@ -7603,7 +7578,7 @@ lay down again convinced that he had been deceived.
 
 Strange thoughts flitted through his mind. How very different would
 have been his life during the past week, he said to himself, had
-Villebois not met him at the café at the corner of the Boulevard S.
+Villebois not met him at the café at the corner of the Boulevard S.
 Michel. What would he be doing now? Perhaps sleeping in his hotel in
 the Rue de Rivoli, perhaps risking a handful of louis on the green
 tables of the Casino, but almost certainly not tossing on a bed by the
@@ -7634,12 +7609,12 @@ monotonous tone, but no sound answered back. He heard a noise outside,
 and creeping up to the window, opened it and listened. Too-hoot,
 too-hoot, it sounded. "It is only the hooting of an owl in the garden,"
 he said, as he shut the window and lay down on the sofa. Doctor Riche's
-thoughts wandered back again to the café and to Mademoiselle Violette
+thoughts wandered back again to the café and to Mademoiselle Violette
 and her ring. What was it she told him when she steadily gazed on it?
 "I must try and refresh my memory," he said to himself. "I think a sip
 of brandy might help me," and acting on the impulse he turned up the
 light, and entering the next room poured out a liqueur glass of the
-brandy which François had brought for Renée.
+brandy which François had brought for Renée.
 
 "Ah! That does one good," he said as he poured out a second glass. "I
 recollect perfectly now the very words she said. I remember her telling
@@ -7652,9 +7627,9 @@ three ladies.' I recollect the number perfectly, because at the time it
 flashed across my mind that there were exactly the same five men and
 three women figures in a Noah's Ark I gave to my nephew last New Year's
 day. Ma foi! but that is curious. The number corresponds exactly to the
-number of guests who were at the séance last night. Let me see. There
+number of guests who were at the séance last night. Let me see. There
 were Villebois, Payot, Delapine, Marcel, and myself--five men; and
-Madame, Céleste and Renée--three ladies."
+Madame, Céleste and Renée--three ladies."
 
 "By Jove!" he exclaimed, "that is a very curious coincidence, and I
 remember now she said one of the men had a pointed black beard, and
@@ -7663,19 +7638,19 @@ they were putting him to sleep. And then someone suddenly cried out:
 and I recollect now she spoke of a large envelope sealed with four
 or five seals--I forget which--in a drawer, or writing-table, or
 secretary or something, I must hunt around for it as soon as I have had
-breakfast. Céleste will be only too pleased to help me. Of course it is
+breakfast. Céleste will be only too pleased to help me. Of course it is
 all nonsense--but still as the first part of her version fits so well,
 it is just worth while seeing whether any other part will prove true."
 
 At length fatigue proved too much for him, and flinging himself down on
 his bed, he fell into a deep slumber.
 
-It was not until François brought the café au lait to his bedside next
+It was not until François brought the café au lait to his bedside next
 morning that Riche awoke.
 
 "By Jove!" he exclaimed, "it's ten o'clock."
 
-"Oui, monsieur," said François, "I came to call you three times, but
+"Oui, monsieur," said François, "I came to call you three times, but
 you were so fast asleep that I did not have the heart to wake you."
 
 "And the others?" enquired Riche.
@@ -7684,13 +7659,13 @@ you were so fast asleep that I did not have the heart to wake you."
 
 "I don't wonder after all we have gone through."
 
-"Ah! monsieur, it is terrible," said François, and he shook his head
+"Ah! monsieur, it is terrible," said François, and he shook his head
 solemnly. "I have been in Doctor Villebois' service seventeen years
 now, and never have I spent a night so horrible as this one."
 
-"Yes, François. What Bossuet said in his great funeral oration will
-apply equally well here. 'O nuit désastreuse! O nuit effroyable!
-ou retentit tout-à-coup comme un éclat de tonnerre cette étonnante
+"Yes, François. What Bossuet said in his great funeral oration will
+apply equally well here. 'O nuit désastreuse! O nuit effroyable!
+ou retentit tout-à-coup comme un éclat de tonnerre cette étonnante
 nouvelle. Monsieur est mort.'"
 
 "Ah, mon Dieu! Monsieur le professor was indeed a good man. He will go
@@ -7709,23 +7684,23 @@ but He would be sure to let him out at the end of an hour or two. Don't
 you think so, mon docteur?"
 
 "Let us hope so," said Riche fervently, but with a slight shrug of the
-shoulders, as François bowed and left the room.
+shoulders, as François bowed and left the room.
 
 In a little while the servant returned with a message. "My master
 requests you to be good enough to come and see him as soon as
-possible," said François, as Riche was putting the finishing touches to
+possible," said François, as Riche was putting the finishing touches to
 his toilette.
 
 "Tell your master I will be with him in a few minutes."
 
 "Ah, my dear Riche," said Villebois, as the doctor entered the parlour,
-"I want you to come to Renée's room and hold a consultation with me. I
+"I want you to come to Renée's room and hold a consultation with me. I
 fear the poor child has taken Delapine's death too much to heart. She
 appears to be heart-broken, and is making herself ill with sobbing.
 Anyone could see that she was fond of him, but I had no idea that she
 loved him to this degree. It is really very touching, n'est-ce pas?"
 
-They found poor Renée lying in bed, her face flushed with fever, and
+They found poor Renée lying in bed, her face flushed with fever, and
 moaning as if in pain. Her maid had applied ice compresses to her head,
 and she barely noticed the doctors as they entered the room. At length
 Villebois persuaded her to sit up, and take a little nourishment.
@@ -7759,7 +7734,7 @@ been done. Do you remember what the envelope looked like?"
 Villebois thought he must be out of his senses. "Tell me quick where it
 is."
 
-"You will find it in my writing-desk, doctor," said Renée, alarmed at
+"You will find it in my writing-desk, doctor," said Renée, alarmed at
 his excited manner. "What do you want it for?"
 
 "I must have it--I mean, may I bring it to you?"
@@ -7769,7 +7744,7 @@ his excited manner. "What do you want it for?"
 Dr. Riche on hearing this hastily left the room in a great state of
 excitement.
 
-"What is the matter with him?" asked Renée, "why is he so eager to get
+"What is the matter with him?" asked Renée, "why is he so eager to get
 the packet? It is merely a trifle after all."
 
 "I have no idea, but I will go and see for myself."
@@ -7784,12 +7759,12 @@ He followed the servant into the library where a gentleman advanced to
 meet him.
 
 "I am sent from the parquet with orders from the representative of
-the Procureur de la République to carry out an autopsy on the body of
+the Procureur de la République to carry out an autopsy on the body of
 Monsieur le Professor Delapine."
 
 "Good," replied Villebois, "pray step this way."
 
-Doctor Roux, for that was his name, entered the séance room armed with
+Doctor Roux, for that was his name, entered the séance room armed with
 a large black bag, from which he withdrew a white apron extending below
 his knees with long sleeves, and an array of instruments and dishes.
 
@@ -7819,7 +7794,7 @@ envelope.
 Roux seized the letter and proceeded to read it, while the two other
 doctors read it from over his shoulder:--
 
- "My beloved Renée," it ran--
+ "My beloved Renée," it ran--
 
  "I have reason to suspect that someone is intending to poison me with
  a drug of such fearful power that I shall either be killed instantly
@@ -7840,7 +7815,7 @@ proceed to do my duty."
 obey my orders?"
 
 "I am Dr. Riche, Ancien Interne at the Hotel Dieu, and surgeon to the
-Charité at Algiers," he said, handing over his card.
+Charité at Algiers," he said, handing over his card.
 
 Dr. Roux looked him up and down from head to foot, and adjusting his
 pince-nez with deliberation took the card and read it carefully. Again
@@ -7866,7 +7841,7 @@ very best of friends.
 
 "See, doctor, what I have just found in another envelope," said Riche,
 handing Roux a little love-poem which Delapine had evidently written to
-Renée about the same time as the letter.
+Renée about the same time as the letter.
 
 "Let me read it to you," said Riche, "it's a gentle rhyme of four
 verses such as a lover might write to his lady-love. It has, however,
@@ -7882,15 +7857,15 @@ eventually return to life.
      Choose the pain.
  It will make your burden lighter,
  It will make your joy the brighter,
-     Renée dear.
+     Renée dear.
 
- "Does your heart ache, Renée dear?
+ "Does your heart ache, Renée dear?
      Be glad of pain.
    The harvest never will draw near,
      Without rain.
  Sorrow must prepare the way
  For the clouds to pass away,
-     Renée dear.
+     Renée dear.
 
  "Instead of weeping at your loss,
      Rejoice for him.
@@ -7898,7 +7873,7 @@ eventually return to life.
      With eyes so dim.
  Death can never reach so far,
  Peering through the gates ajar,
-     Renée dear.
+     Renée dear.
 
  "Are you weary of the fight?
      Struggle on.
@@ -7906,7 +7881,7 @@ eventually return to life.
      The victory's won.
  Love will steer your bark aright,
  When there is no land in sight,
-     Renée dear."
+     Renée dear."
 
 "It would be interesting to see if we could find any indications of
 life," said Roux, "and I propose that we adjourn to Delapine's bedside
@@ -7943,19 +7918,19 @@ time unwilling to sign a certificate to the effect that he was dead.
 he said to himself. "Three days will settle it at any rate."
 
 Riche and Villebois, however, were more sanguine, and they went back to
-Renée's room.
+Renée's room.
 
 They found Payot sitting by her side, applying the iced bandages to her
 head, and ever and anon stroking her hair and kissing her forehead.
 
-Renée recognised her father, and smiled with mingled surprise and
+Renée recognised her father, and smiled with mingled surprise and
 pleasure at the great change which had come over his conduct towards
 her.
 
-"Cheer up, Renée," Villebois cried aloud as they ran to her bedside,
+"Cheer up, Renée," Villebois cried aloud as they ran to her bedside,
 "cheer up, we have not abandoned all hope yet."
 
-Renée was so petrified with astonishment that she was unable to speak
+Renée was so petrified with astonishment that she was unable to speak
 for some moments.
 
 "What did you say? Do you mean that Henri is alive?"
@@ -7963,12 +7938,12 @@ for some moments.
 "Well, not exactly that," interposed Riche, "but I could almost swear
 he is not dead."
 
-Renée sat bolt upright in bed, and rubbed her eyes to make sure she was
+Renée sat bolt upright in bed, and rubbed her eyes to make sure she was
 not dreaming, and seizing Riche's hand made him repeat his statement.
 
 "Oh, thank you, thank you, doctor, for this good news."
 
-"Read this, Renée, and this as well," he said smiling, and he handed
+"Read this, Renée, and this as well," he said smiling, and he handed
 her Delapine's message and tender little verses.
 
 "Are these what you found in the envelope?" she exclaimed, when she had
@@ -7978,12 +7953,12 @@ read the contents. "Now I am certain that he will return to me."
 "this is the best medicine in the world for me, it will soon make me
 well. See, I feel better already," and she clapped her hands for joy.
 
-"Quick, doctor, run and fetch Céleste that I may be the first to give
+"Quick, doctor, run and fetch Céleste that I may be the first to give
 her the good news."
 
-Presently Céleste came in, and Renée told her what she had just heard.
+Presently Céleste came in, and Renée told her what she had just heard.
 
-"Oh, Renée, this is almost too good to be true. Won't it be just
+"Oh, Renée, this is almost too good to be true. Won't it be just
 delightful to have him back again. I don't think we half know the value
 of anything until we are deprived of it."
 
@@ -8008,7 +7983,7 @@ occasion Delapine has predicted the most minute details of facts and
 events which have occurred since precisely as he said they would
 happen, and I have never once known him wrong."
 
-"When Henri comes back to me I will ask him," said Renée as she looked
+"When Henri comes back to me I will ask him," said Renée as she looked
 up at Villebois with a slight nod, convinced in her own mind that
 Delapine was only taking a longer sleep than usual, and that he would
 be able to wake up of his own accord like Rip van Winkle. "I am sure he
@@ -8021,7 +7996,7 @@ knows everything, replies 'Allwissend bin ich nicht; doch viel ist mir
 bewust.'"[13]
 
 "But you must admit that the professor is frightfully clever," said
-Céleste, looking up at Renée for confirmation.
+Céleste, looking up at Renée for confirmation.
 
 "There I am entirely with you," said Riche. "He is certainly the most
 gifted man I ever met. His marvellous discoveries are not all of a
@@ -8031,16 +8006,16 @@ you have only to ask any member of the Institute or of any of the
 royal societies of Europe what they think of him, and they will tell
 you he has a remarkable future before him. There is really nothing that
 seems impossible to him, if he only gives his mind to it. Isn't that
-your opinion, Mademoiselle Renée?"
+your opinion, Mademoiselle Renée?"
 
-But Renée never answered. The fresh excitement on hearing the good news
+But Renée never answered. The fresh excitement on hearing the good news
 had revived her for the moment, and then the reaction set in, and she
 fell back exhausted, and dropped asleep.
 
-Villebois pointed to Renée, and held his fingers to his lips, then
+Villebois pointed to Renée, and held his fingers to his lips, then
 beckoning to the others to follow him, he slipped out of the room on
 tip-toe. Riche quickly pulled down the blinds, and made the room dark,
-while Renée was left alone to her slumbers.
+while Renée was left alone to her slumbers.
 
 FOOTNOTES:
 
@@ -8095,7 +8070,7 @@ the laboratory previous to his going home.
 
 "Well, what brings you here?" called out Paul as his visitor was
 ushered in. "I haven't seen you since we were students together at
-the Salpetrière under old Charcot. It is the unexpected that always
+the Salpetrière under old Charcot. It is the unexpected that always
 happens."
 
 "That is quite comprehensible," replied Roux, "the expected only
@@ -8398,8 +8373,8 @@ house is bad enough, but to have a murdered friend lying in one's
 drawing-room day after day is too awful to contemplate. The cook spends
 all her time gossiping with the butcher and the baker, and every person
 who comes to the back door. I found the butler lying dead drunk in the
-pantry for the first time since he has been in my service. Céleste and
-Renée are worn out with watching the professor, and now I am worried
+pantry for the first time since he has been in my service. Céleste and
+Renée are worn out with watching the professor, and now I am worried
 to death with official visits from the Maire and the police. My house
 is watched by detectives, and all the neighbours hang about outside
 the garden peering in at the windows, and pointing at me with their
@@ -8469,7 +8444,7 @@ returned. To the best of my recollection, no one except my servant has
 ever had access to the room since, and when I discovered the bottle
 half empty to-day I knew it must have been Pierre who had opened it."
 
-"Yes," said Riche, "and I remember at the séance last week I noticed
+"Yes," said Riche, "and I remember at the séance last week I noticed
 Pierre quietly slip out of the room and disappear. Well, less than half
 an hour afterwards we all noticed the smoke of the fire."
 
@@ -8481,7 +8456,7 @@ all noticed how cleverly Delapine excused himself from drinking it, and
 killed a plant with a few drops of the liquid. You see how all these
 facts fit in together and render the evidence of his guilt convincing.
 Lastly, here is the liquid which I emptied out of the syringe I found
-on the floor of the séance-room after the person inside had escaped."
+on the floor of the séance-room after the person inside had escaped."
 
 Paul took the bottle out of Riche's hand and examined it carefully.
 
@@ -8529,7 +8504,7 @@ interfere with my duty," he answered.
 Paul nodded his head with approval.
 
 "That is quite right," said Villebois, "but surely you will show me,
-your confrère, some mercy as well. If Pierre has time to escape no one
+your confrère, some mercy as well. If Pierre has time to escape no one
 will suffer, and we shall be effectually rid of him."
 
 "Jamais de la vie," said Roux, his eyes flashing with indignation, and
@@ -8560,12 +8535,12 @@ enough if his son is arrested on a charge of deliberate murder."
 
 "Riche," he called out as a sudden idea struck him, "my nerves are so
 unstrung I feel I need a drop of cognac; will you share a liqueur with
-me?" and without waiting for a reply he rang the bell. "François," he
+me?" and without waiting for a reply he rang the bell. "François," he
 said as the butler appeared, "bring a bottle of old liqueur brandy. No,
 you don't know where that special brand is, I will go." So saying, he
-followed François, closing the door behind him.
+followed François, closing the door behind him.
 
-"François," he added in a hoarse whisper, "not a word, not a word of
+"François," he added in a hoarse whisper, "not a word, not a word of
 what I do, do you hear me?"
 
 The butler nodded and touched his forehead.
@@ -8573,19 +8548,19 @@ The butler nodded and touched his forehead.
 "Now go and fetch the brandy. Stop, wait a minute."
 
 Villebois took an old 'petit bleu' from his pocket, gummed it down and
-handed it to François.
+handed it to François.
 
 "Hand me this when you bring the cognac, and tell me it has just
 arrived."
 
-François saluted and vanished, while Villebois returned to the library.
+François saluted and vanished, while Villebois returned to the library.
 
-Presently François arrived with a tray of glasses and the liqueur, and
+Presently François arrived with a tray of glasses and the liqueur, and
 handed him the telegram.
 
 "Why did you not bring me this before?" asked Villebois.
 
-"It has only just arrived, sir," replied François, like a school-boy
+"It has only just arrived, sir," replied François, like a school-boy
 repeating a lesson.
 
 Villebois hastily opened it, and glancing at the contents put it into
@@ -8651,9 +8626,9 @@ EMILE VISITS HIS FRIEND PIERRE WITH MOST UNPLEASANT CONSEQUENCES
  Ch' uom per delitti mai lieto non sia."[16]
 
 
-It was late at night when Pierre left the café and started out for his
+It was late at night when Pierre left the café and started out for his
 chambers in blissful ignorance that he was being closely followed by a
-man. The night was clear, and the innumerable shops and cafés lit up,
+man. The night was clear, and the innumerable shops and cafés lit up,
 gave the boulevard that bright and animated appearance which is one of
 the peculiar charms of the gay city.
 
@@ -8733,7 +8708,7 @@ the necessity of having a fixed address. Moreover a confidential agent
 imparts a certain tone and air of respectability which cannot fail to
 give me the entire confidence of any patron who may be the favoured
 recipient of this small piece of pasteboard. Besides this, the fact
-that I have been a garçon for several years has enabled me to acquire
+that I have been a garçon for several years has enabled me to acquire
 that polished debonair appearance and deportment which can only be
 acquired from constant attendance on the high-born gentlemen and ladies
 whom I have had the honour to serve."
@@ -8754,7 +8729,7 @@ These blackmailers--for that is what they really are--abound in all
 large cities, and seem without exception to attach themselves to one
 or more of the fair sex, whose inherited instincts of virtue have long
 since evaporated, and who night after night frequent one or other of
-the music halls or cafés, for the purpose of making fresh conquests.
+the music halls or cafés, for the purpose of making fresh conquests.
 These pimps exert an evil influence over the minds of the girls, and by
 slow degrees insidiously drag them down to their own infamous level.
 Always keeping in the background, they are never seen by the gentleman
@@ -8854,7 +8829,7 @@ threw up his hands in despair, and was on the point of abandoning the
 task as hopeless, when he saw a private motor-car coming along with
 two men inside. As he rushed into the middle of the road and waved his
 hands in front of the advancing car, the chauffeur brought the powerful
-Mercèdes to a stand, and demanded an explanation of the stoppage.
+Mercèdes to a stand, and demanded an explanation of the stoppage.
 
 "A thousand pardons, gentlemen," said Emile, assuming a most bewitching
 smile of the very latest pattern, "but my car has broken down, and it
@@ -8864,7 +8839,7 @@ me?"
 
 The two men looked at each other and hesitated, but Emile handed them
 his visiting card with an elegant flourish, and a courtly bow. The card
-handed to the occupants of the Mercèdes bore a crown in the centre,
+handed to the occupants of the Mercèdes bore a crown in the centre,
 and in ornamental copperplate letters appeared underneath:--
 
 [Illustration:
@@ -8907,7 +8882,7 @@ follows:--
  probably detain me for a few days. A letter addressed to the Hotel de
  la Pucelle will find me. So sorry to have missed you.
 
- A bientôt,
+ A bientôt,
  Pierre."
 
 While Marcel was reading the note Emile passed out of the club, and was
@@ -9158,13 +9133,13 @@ punished. Ma foi, the service must be going to the devil. Get up this
 instant, do you hear me, sir?" he said, as the wretched man was too
 bewildered and confused to obey the General's orders.
 
-"If you please, mon Général, I have the honour to inform you that--that
+"If you please, mon Général, I have the honour to inform you that--that
 your son has killed Professor Delapine, and that he will be arrested
 to-morrow morning for murder."
 
 "What the devil do you mean, sir? Are you mad or what?"
 
-"A thousand pardons, mon Général, I am telling you the naked truth.
+"A thousand pardons, mon Général, I am telling you the naked truth.
 I have just come from Dr. Villebois's house, and I overheard him say
 that the moment Dr. Roux's report is presented to-morrow morning at the
 Parquet, your son, Monsieur Pierre Gaston Duval, will be arrested on
@@ -9176,7 +9151,7 @@ tell me that--that----" he burst out in a voice that became incoherent
 with mingled rage and horror, "that--that--the police intend to--to
 arrest my son on a charge of murder?"
 
-"It is true, mon Général, I heard Dr. Villebois and Dr. Roux both say
+"It is true, mon Général, I heard Dr. Villebois and Dr. Roux both say
 so."
 
 The General's eyes nearly started out of his head, and a profuse
@@ -9196,7 +9171,7 @@ almost out of his wits.
 "What were you doing in Delapine's house to overhear this conversation?
 Were you invited there?"
 
-"Oh! no, mon Général. I was paid by M. Pierre to watch the house and
+"Oh! no, mon Général. I was paid by M. Pierre to watch the house and
 bring him all the news I could glean."
 
 The General's feelings were working up to the boiling point, and his
@@ -9240,7 +9215,7 @@ somehow that I may be addressing you for the last time. You will have
 no reason to forget me, Robert, you have been a faithful servant to
 me, and I have not forgotten you in my will."
 
-"Oh! mon Général, do not talk like that," said Robert, weeping, "I
+"Oh! mon Général, do not talk like that," said Robert, weeping, "I
 cannot bear to think that misfortune could overtake you."
 
 The General was deeply moved at the old servant's words, and pouring
@@ -9302,7 +9277,7 @@ them," replied the General, becoming more and more angry.
 
 "Look here, father, I won't have you talk to me as if I were a naughty
 child. You come here at this absurd hour of the night, and glare at me
-like a hyæna, and expect me to listen to some yarn about my burning
+like a hyæna, and expect me to listen to some yarn about my burning
 down Villebois's house and murdering Delapine.
 
 "Really, sir," he continued, "you are too funny for words, you ought to
@@ -9530,9 +9505,9 @@ rather than the spiritual needs of the professor.
 "Let us put a stove in the room," he added, "so that it may be kept at
 a constant temperature of summer heat."
 
-Renée insisted on sleeping in the room with a Sister of Mercy who had
+Renée insisted on sleeping in the room with a Sister of Mercy who had
 been called in to assist at the vigil during the night, while during
-the day Renée and Céleste agreed to take turns in watching.
+the day Renée and Céleste agreed to take turns in watching.
 
 "Is this the room where the tragedy took place?" asked Paul as the two
 doctors were shown into the room by Villebois.
@@ -9560,7 +9535,7 @@ enough. There can be no doubt about what his condition is due to."
 
 "He is either dead or will die very shortly."
 
-Renée looked up with her heart thumping violently, apparently unable to
+Renée looked up with her heart thumping violently, apparently unable to
 grasp the full significance of the calamity.
 
 "Oh! please, doctor," she said, rushing up to him and falling on her
@@ -9602,15 +9577,15 @@ Two days later Dr. Roux received the following letter from Villebois:--
  of this wonderful riddle. The strain is telling on my nerves, and
  I really feel too ill to do any work. The whole house is becoming
  disorganized. Madame Villebois has been compelled to take to her bed,
- and my daughter Céleste and Mademoiselle Renée are taking turns to
+ and my daughter Céleste and Mademoiselle Renée are taking turns to
  watch the professor in a room we have specially prepared for him.
  Reporters and other inquisitive people are calling all day long
  for news. A guard has been stationed at the front door by the kind
  permission of the Parquet to keep them away as much as possible, but
- it is needless to add that you, mon cher confrère, will always be
+ it is needless to add that you, mon cher confrère, will always be
  welcome at any hour of the day.
 
- Toujours à vous,
+ Toujours à vous,
  Adolphe Villebois.
 
 Dr. Villebois was compelled to abandon his practice for the time being,
@@ -9620,8 +9595,8 @@ most cordially accepted.
 
 Almost every hour of the day Riche would enter the bedroom and examine
 the thermometer to make sure that an even temperature was maintained.
-He had just entered the room and looked at Renée who was sitting down
-holding Céleste's hand, the picture of abject misery. Renée closed
+He had just entered the room and looked at Renée who was sitting down
+holding Céleste's hand, the picture of abject misery. Renée closed
 her eyes, her lips trembled while she emitted a half-suppressed sigh,
 feeling too sad to think or speak. From time to time she put her hand
 to her head as if she felt a pain there, and heaved a little sigh. All
@@ -9649,13 +9624,13 @@ couple of dry-cell batteries and fixed the wires so that the faintest
 movement of Delapine's head or limbs would complete the circuit in the
 wires and ring an alarm.
 
-"There," he said to Renée when he had finished, "if the professor moves
+"There," he said to Renée when he had finished, "if the professor moves
 hand or foot as little as the twentieth part of an inch, the alarm
 will be heard ringing all over the house, and will continue until the
 circuit is broken again."
 
 Suddenly the alarm bell, which was one of the largest size, rang with
-an indescribable din. Renée jumped up with a cry, while Céleste, Marcel
+an indescribable din. Renée jumped up with a cry, while Céleste, Marcel
 and Payot came rushing into the room.
 
 "What is it, what is it?" they all cried.
@@ -9665,11 +9640,11 @@ continued, "I will move the professor's hand the fraction of an inch."
 Immediately the gong sounded, and everyone started. Then he tested each
 limb in the same way, and always with the same result. Next he examined
 the thermometer which he had placed in Delapine's mouth the day before.
-It showed a temperature of 75° Fahrenheit. Then he looked at the
-thermometer on the wall. It showed 70° Fahrenheit. He smiled and gave
+It showed a temperature of 75° Fahrenheit. Then he looked at the
+thermometer on the wall. It showed 70° Fahrenheit. He smiled and gave
 utterance to an exclamation of pleasure and surprise.
 
-"What's the matter, doctor?" asked Renée, sitting up as she watched
+"What's the matter, doctor?" asked Renée, sitting up as she watched
 Riche's face closely.
 
 "I have good news--not very good, but still better than nothing. The
@@ -9677,7 +9652,7 @@ body is five degrees warmer than the air of the room. If it were only
 the same temperature it would be a serious matter, but for it to be
 higher is a very good sign."
 
-"Oh God, I thank Thee for this small mercy," said Renée, folding her
+"Oh God, I thank Thee for this small mercy," said Renée, folding her
 hands and bowing her head devoutly. She hurriedly left the room, and a
 few minutes afterwards Riche heard the music of her violin.
 
@@ -9686,7 +9661,7 @@ Beethoven's "Kreutzer Sonata."
 
 "My God," he said to himself, "what feeling, what execution! surely
 the professor's spirit must have entered the child." He listened
-enraptured. Stealing out of the room with Céleste and Marcel, he found
+enraptured. Stealing out of the room with Céleste and Marcel, he found
 Villebois and Madame Villebois standing at the half-opened door of the
 library not daring to enter lest they should break the spell.
 
@@ -9726,7 +9701,7 @@ Even Marcel, the gay and frivolous cynic, usually all laughter and
 jokes, remained standing behind the others in a deep reverie, while
 Madame Villebois was sobbing convulsively.
 
-At length Renée ceased playing, and the company dispersed, afraid lest
+At length Renée ceased playing, and the company dispersed, afraid lest
 their presence should break the spell. Silently she glided along, her
 eyes staring widely open, her hands outstretched before her, and her
 head turned upwards. She walked upstairs apparently fast asleep, and
@@ -9779,7 +9754,7 @@ convinced that he had performed a most meritorious duty.
 Another day, a few weeks later, Dr. Roux came in, and taking a careful
 note of everything, examined the thermometer which perpetually remained
 in Delapine's mouth. He compared it with the thermometer on the wall,
-which remained at a constant temperature of about 68° F. He compared
+which remained at a constant temperature of about 68° F. He compared
 the figures with the chart on which the daily temperature was entered.
 "This is very strange!" he exclaimed, and hastening out of the room he
 ran downstairs to see Villebois.
@@ -9791,7 +9766,7 @@ breathlessly.
 up at Roux who ran up to him and laid his hand on his shoulder in a
 state of great excitement.
 
-"Come at once and look, Delapine's temperature has risen to 82°
+"Come at once and look, Delapine's temperature has risen to 82°
 Fahrenheit."
 
 Villebois jumped out of his chair with a bound. "C'est une merveille,"
@@ -9800,7 +9775,7 @@ he said as he flew upstairs after Roux who happened to have just called.
 "Is it really true ... what can it mean?" cried Roux in a state
 of great excitement. He ran up to the professor and examined the
 thermometer with impatience. "You are right, doctor, quite right. It
-stands exactly as you said at 82° F. There can be no doubt about that.
+stands exactly as you said at 82° F. There can be no doubt about that.
 But what does it mean?"
 
 "Who knows. But it looks favourable, doesn't it? His body is certainly
@@ -9809,7 +9784,7 @@ must imply that the physiological functions of the body are beginning
 to assert themselves once more in some silent mysterious fashion."
 
 The vigil continued day after day without a moment's interruption.
-Riche and Villebois took turns to relieve Céleste and Renée, but the
+Riche and Villebois took turns to relieve Céleste and Renée, but the
 latter insisted on always sleeping in the room. Often she would get up
 in the small hours of the morning, and with a night lamp in her hand
 would examine the thermometers, and bending over the professor would
@@ -9823,7 +9798,7 @@ unconscious, and still no signs of returning life appeared. One day
 about the middle of January of the following year, Paul happened to
 call, and going up to Delapine distinctly noticed a slight tremor of
 the facial muscles. He stood spellbound, and then happening to examine
-the thermometer found to his surprise that it indicated 90° F. He ran
+the thermometer found to his surprise that it indicated 90° F. He ran
 into the library where Villebois and Riche happened to be sitting, and
 at once communicated the discovery to them.
 
@@ -9839,7 +9814,7 @@ offer any practical suggestions, and hence nothing came of it.
 "Mais mon Dieu!" said one of the great men, "what can we do? We can
 only wait patiently until something happens."
 
-A few days later Renée was lying in her bed about midnight in a
+A few days later Renée was lying in her bed about midnight in a
 semi-drowsy condition, when she suddenly saw a bright light floating
 like a nimbus over Delapine's head. She gave a little scream, and then
 becoming more and more awake gazed on it with intense fascination. At
@@ -9847,22 +9822,22 @@ first it moved slightly, and then growing larger and larger began to
 condense into the form of a human face. Slowly the features developed,
 until at length it assumed the form of her mother. By degrees the
 entire body appeared clothed in white drapery, and slowly made its way
-towards Renée with a sweet smile on her face. As the light of the room
-increased Renée recognised her features, and springing out of bed she
+towards Renée with a sweet smile on her face. As the light of the room
+increased Renée recognised her features, and springing out of bed she
 ran into her arms. "Oh, mother!" she cried, "Is that really you?"
 
 "Yes, I am your mother, and am come to tell you that Henri will very
 soon wake up, and you will be able to see him as he was, and to hear
 him talk."
 
-Renée seized her by both hands and squeezed them.
+Renée seized her by both hands and squeezed them.
 
 "Mother dear, that is too good to be true. Do you really mean it?"
 
 "Of course I do. You know I never told you a lie, and why should I tell
 you one now?"
 
-Renée's eyes fairly danced with delight as she heard the welcome news,
+Renée's eyes fairly danced with delight as she heard the welcome news,
 and she clapped her hands for joy.
 
 "But tell me, how are you, mother? Are you very happy?"
@@ -9872,7 +9847,7 @@ merely a continuation of this, only without its limitations."
 
 "Do you suffer pain like you used to so often, mother?"
 
-"No, Renée, there is no pain beyond the grave. Here you are subjected
+"No, Renée, there is no pain beyond the grave. Here you are subjected
 to natural laws. You are tied down to the earth by the action of
 gravity. But we are free from all these restrictions. We can go where
 we please at will in an instant of time. Time and space have no
@@ -9880,16 +9855,16 @@ limitation for us."
 
 "Shall I join you soon, mother?"
 
-"No, Renée, you have a mission to perform and a great deal of work to
+"No, Renée, you have a mission to perform and a great deal of work to
 do yet, and I think you will have a long and happy life in company with
-your fiancé."
+your fiancé."
 
 "But how did you possibly know of our engagement? Has anyone told you?"
 
 "Have I not been by your side off and on ever since I left you, my
 child? Do you suppose a mother can ever forget her daughter?"
 
-"Of course not," replied Renée, "but at the same time I never imagined
+"Of course not," replied Renée, "but at the same time I never imagined
 that you would be able to see me."
 
 "You could not see me now but for your lover's presence."
@@ -9900,7 +9875,7 @@ that you would be able to see me."
 using his body to form materialistic substance to clothe my spirit
 with, so that you are enabled to see me with your own eyes."
 
-Renée jumped up at hearing this with an exclamation of joy as the
+Renée jumped up at hearing this with an exclamation of joy as the
 thought of Henri's return began to dawn on her mind. "Do you really
 mean to say that Henri is back again, and that he will be the same old
 darling he was before?"
@@ -9909,7 +9884,7 @@ darling he was before?"
 has returned. To-morrow he will wake up and in a very short time he
 will be quite well again."
 
-Renée clapped her hands for sheer joy, and gave her mother a close
+Renée clapped her hands for sheer joy, and gave her mother a close
 embrace.
 
 "Oh! mother, how very strange to think that I never knew you were so
@@ -9923,7 +9898,7 @@ from it when he is in that condition, as I cannot do it when he is
 awake. If you were to weigh Henri now you would find half his weight
 gone."
 
-Renée looked at Delapine's body, and to her horror she saw it had
+Renée looked at Delapine's body, and to her horror she saw it had
 shrunk to two-thirds its former size, but her mother calmed her and
 reassured her at once.
 
@@ -9941,7 +9916,7 @@ the substance of his body as well?"
 "The drapery is thrown out to protect our psychic bodies from the light
 which acts injuriously on us when materialized," her mother replied.
 
-"Now, Renée dear, I must leave you because I cannot hold my power any
+"Now, Renée dear, I must leave you because I cannot hold my power any
 longer, and besides it will injure Delapine if I do, as although he has
 returned to his body, he is so very weak that a very little thing might
 really kill him now. I will come again and see you very soon."
@@ -9949,7 +9924,7 @@ really kill him now. I will come again and see you very soon."
 Her mother kissed her affectionately on both cheeks, and then relaxing
 her hold, she slowly melted down into the ground and vanished.
 
-Renée was too excited to sleep any more that night, so she got up and
+Renée was too excited to sleep any more that night, so she got up and
 lit the lamp.
 
 She held it close to Delapine, and to her surprise she saw that he had
@@ -9964,7 +9939,7 @@ first garments that they could lay their hands on.
 "What is the matter?" they all exclaimed. "Have any thieves got into
 the house?"
 
-"Oh! no," said Renée, smiling, "it was Delapine who rang the bell. He
+"Oh! no," said Renée, smiling, "it was Delapine who rang the bell. He
 moved his hands, I saw him do it, and immediately the bell sounded."
 
 "Are you sure of this?" they all cried with one voice.
@@ -9980,7 +9955,7 @@ that, Riche?"
 The doctor agreed, and accordingly they made themselves as comfortable
 as they could in a couple of armchairs.
 
-The next morning they examined the thermometer. It had risen to 93° F.
+The next morning they examined the thermometer. It had risen to 93° F.
 A faint flush suffused the professor's cheek, and a slight but distinct
 pulsation could be felt.
 
@@ -9989,7 +9964,7 @@ doctors came and left their cards, but no one was admitted by the
 doctor's orders. The ringing of the bell occurred so often that it
 became a nuisance, and Villebois had it removed.
 
-The next day the temperature touched 98° Fahrenheit and Delapine opened
+The next day the temperature touched 98° Fahrenheit and Delapine opened
 and closed his eyes and looked around him. He moved his limbs slowly
 and even attempted to sit up, but the effort was too great, and he sank
 back again on his pillow.
@@ -9997,15 +9972,15 @@ back again on his pillow.
 A consultation was arranged forthwith, and half a dozen of the most
 celebrated physicians in Paris came to the house.
 
-Renée was in the seventh heaven of delight as she heard her name
+Renée was in the seventh heaven of delight as she heard her name
 whispered in her ear as she bent over him that evening. He made
 signs that he wanted food, and the doctors agreed to give him some
-beef-essence. A few days afterwards about three in the morning Renée's
-mother appeared again. "Renée," she said, "I am about to be called
+beef-essence. A few days afterwards about three in the morning Renée's
+mother appeared again. "Renée," she said, "I am about to be called
 away, and must leave you for good."
 
 "For good, mother? You don't mean to say that I shall not see you any
-more?" said Renée, looking very distressed.
+more?" said Renée, looking very distressed.
 
 "I must go, dear, but Henri will take my place. When you pass over to
 the other side you will see me as often as you please, but now I must
@@ -10016,12 +9991,12 @@ leave you."
 "Bring me a pair of scissors and I will cut off a lock of my hair."
 So saying her mother snipped off one of her light golden curls, and
 giving her a long tender embrace slowly vanished out of her sight.
-Renée looked around her. She was alone save for the form of her lover.
+Renée looked around her. She was alone save for the form of her lover.
 It all seemed like a wonderful dream, and she rubbed her eyes to make
 sure she was awake. "I must have been dreaming," she said, but no, here
 was the lock of her mother's beautiful silky hair in her hand. That at
 any rate was no dream, and was proof positive that someone had brought
-it, and that her vision was not a dream but a stern reality. Renée
+it, and that her vision was not a dream but a stern reality. Renée
 kissed the lock of hair, and carefully put it away in one of her little
 treasure boxes.
 
@@ -10053,7 +10028,7 @@ a pair of scissors, and handed it to you."
 
 "But I assure you, doctor, it is perfectly true."
 
-"The vigil has been too much for Renée, poor child," said Riche to
+"The vigil has been too much for Renée, poor child," said Riche to
 Villebois as they were discussing the vision. "Her reason has broken
 down under the strain."
 
@@ -10065,7 +10040,7 @@ her senses already," said Riche.
 
 "But how do you account for the lock of hair?" said Villebois.
 
-"Why it's Renée's own hair of course, or else that of her maid."
+"Why it's Renée's own hair of course, or else that of her maid."
 
 "Well it can't be that of her maid, because that is raven black."
 
@@ -10073,17 +10048,17 @@ her senses already," said Riche.
 contempt for such an ignorant superstition.
 
 "Well look at the two side by side as I have done, and you will change
-your opinion. They are as different as day from night. Renée's hair has
+your opinion. They are as different as day from night. Renée's hair has
 a brownish colour, whereas her mother's is of a light golden colour."
 He showed them both side by side to Riche but he merely shrugged his
 shoulders. He had seen so many wonderful things lately that he had
 ceased to scoff, but felt it prudent to keep silent.
 
 At the end of the week Delapine's temperature had risen to normal
-(98.4° F.) and he had so far recovered that he was able to walk
+(98.4° F.) and he had so far recovered that he was able to walk
 downstairs and sit in the study.
 
-Renée was in constant attendance. No hospital nurse could have looked
+Renée was in constant attendance. No hospital nurse could have looked
 after him better, and certainly no one in the world could have replaced
 her in Delapine's eyes.
 
@@ -10101,7 +10076,7 @@ the trance-sleep. Are you aware, professor, that Pierre attempted to
 murder you by injecting a subtle poison into your arm?"
 
 "Enough of that," said Delapine, "I know it all. Didn't you get my
-letter, Renée, in which I pointed it all out to you, and entreated you
+letter, Renée, in which I pointed it all out to you, and entreated you
 not to allow me to be touched or buried?"
 
 "Rather! Why, Henri, Dr. Riche brought it to me, and it was that letter
@@ -10120,7 +10095,7 @@ cannot allow my patient to get excited."
 "Well, wait a few days until I get stronger, and then I will dictate to
 you my experiences, and you shall write them down, and we will publish
 a book about them. I think they will make good reading. You must know,
-Renée, that the moment I went into the deep sleep or trance, my soul
+Renée, that the moment I went into the deep sleep or trance, my soul
 (or Ego) left the body and went far away, and only returned to it about
 the 19th January."
 
@@ -10152,13 +10127,13 @@ But no answer came. The professor's excitement had proved too much
 for him in his weak state, and when they looked at him he was sleeping
 peacefully as a little child with a happy smile on his face.
 
-"Hush," said Renée, and she put her fingers to her lips.
+"Hush," said Renée, and she put her fingers to her lips.
 
-All the guests crept out of the room in silence, leaving Renée alone to
+All the guests crept out of the room in silence, leaving Renée alone to
 nurse her lover.
 
 Day by day Delapine grew stronger, thanks to the careful nursing of
-Renée and to the medical skill of Riche and Villebois.
+Renée and to the medical skill of Riche and Villebois.
 
 A week later the professor walked out into the garden, for the first
 time, with a stick, and sat down in the summer-house.
@@ -10166,10 +10141,10 @@ time, with a stick, and sat down in the summer-house.
 "Ah, yes, this is where I had my last cup of coffee, if I remember
 rightly."
 
-"Yes," replied Riche and Céleste together, "and if you had drunk it you
+"Yes," replied Riche and Céleste together, "and if you had drunk it you
 would not be here to tell the tale."
 
-"But the insectivorous plant would, eh! Renée?" said Delapine with
+"But the insectivorous plant would, eh! Renée?" said Delapine with
 a comical smile. "Well I have got to thank Pierre after all. For if
 he had not injected that wonderful liquid into my arm I should never
 have made those wonderful discoveries, and had those extraordinary
@@ -10195,7 +10170,7 @@ trip somewhere."
 
 "Well, well, it is part of my programme, and you will see how necessary
 it will be. It is true I am not a gambler, but I have resolved to play
-at the tables. Now, no more questions, or Renée will turn you all out
+at the tables. Now, no more questions, or Renée will turn you all out
 of the garden," and Delapine laughed in his own hearty way.
 
 "What a marvellous man," said Riche to Villebois.
@@ -10381,7 +10356,7 @@ admit the Oceanics, Imperators, and other sea monsters right up to the
 very quays of Paris.
 
 Next morning he woke with a violent headache, and it required several
-cups of café au rhum, combined with repeated doses of phenacetin to get
+cups of café au rhum, combined with repeated doses of phenacetin to get
 him out of bed.
 
 The fresh air outside revived him, and thinking a walk would do him
@@ -10424,7 +10399,7 @@ a fancy to you, mon brave, that we feel our consciences will not be
 satisfied until we offer you two hundred shares in our syndicate at the
 absurdly low figure of 1,000 francs each."
 
-"Two hundred thousand francs (£8,000)," said Payot meditatively, "that
+"Two hundred thousand francs (£8,000)," said Payot meditatively, "that
 is a great deal of money in these days--a great deal of money."
 
 "But consider, mon ami, what you are going to get for it--a large share
@@ -10498,8 +10473,8 @@ to a railway, the amount of available horse-power, fuel and water, the
 absence of any one of which is enough to ruin the prospects of the best
 mine--are details which never trouble him in the least. Nothing is set
 aside for reserve, nothing for emergencies, and so his estimate of the
-profits instead of being, let us say for the sake of argument, £10,000
-a month, really works out at £1,000--or a tenth of his estimate when
+profits instead of being, let us say for the sake of argument, £10,000
+a month, really works out at £1,000--or a tenth of his estimate when
 it comes to be divided among the shareholders. In a word, he becomes
 saturated with megalomania like a general paralytic."
 
@@ -10521,11 +10496,11 @@ quite impossible to address you by any other term. If you will be good
 enough to read the prospectus carefully you will see that everyone of
 these items is munificently provided for. No detail has been omitted.
 The sum which our engineer considers ample to meet every possible
-contingency only amounts to £10,000 a month."
+contingency only amounts to £10,000 a month."
 
 "What!" cried Payot, horrified beyond measure as he jumped up with a
 bound. "Do you really mean to say that this blessed mine is going to
-cost us £120,000 a year to keep going? Why, we shall have to close down
+cost us £120,000 a year to keep going? Why, we shall have to close down
 before we can distribute a sou in dividends. Ma foi, we shall all be
 ruined in no time."
 
@@ -10536,8 +10511,8 @@ bits at a time, just as a boa constrictor swallows an antelope. Now
 just follow me very carefully," said the baron, standing up from his
 chair and waving his hands about like a musical conductor, in order to
 give greater emphasis to his remarks. "Let me repeat. The expenses all
-told amount to £10,000 a month. Let us multiply that sum by two to be
-on the safe side, and we arrive at £20,000 a month."
+told amount to £10,000 a month. Let us multiply that sum by two to be
+on the safe side, and we arrive at £20,000 a month."
 
 "Stop, my good fellow, you must be mad," cried Payot excitedly.
 
@@ -10546,10 +10521,10 @@ stamp battery is in full work, the engineer says we shall crush 20,000
 tons a month, and taking the lowest estimate of the richness of the
 ore at 28 ounces per ton--which is far below our average, as you must
 admit--we shall recover 560,000 ounces of gold a month. Reckon the
-market price of gold at £4 per ounce, the output of the mine amounts
-to £2,240,000 a month! Now, to satisfy the doubts of our mutual friend
+market price of gold at £4 per ounce, the output of the mine amounts
+to £2,240,000 a month! Now, to satisfy the doubts of our mutual friend
 let us suppose the monthly working expenses to come to four times
-what our engineer considers ample, or £40,000, and still we have two
+what our engineer considers ample, or £40,000, and still we have two
 million two hundred thousand golden sovereigns to distribute among the
 shareholders every month--a fortune amounting to six hundred and sixty
 million francs a year. I can prove that is absolutely correct," added
@@ -10557,7 +10532,7 @@ Armand, bringing his fist down on the table with a thud, "and you, mon
 cher Payot, with your underwriting shares added to those you already
 possess will enjoy a perpetual income of eighty-eight million francs a
 year. Only think of it, my dear friend, and ask yourself what will all
-this wealth have cost you? A paltry £8,000. Why, in a year's time you
+this wealth have cost you? A paltry £8,000. Why, in a year's time you
 will be spending more than that in fancy waistcoats and cigars, or tips
 to your servants."
 
@@ -10682,7 +10657,7 @@ at them in terror. He shut his eyes and would have fallen but for his
 friend, the agent, who caught hold of him and steadied him.
 
 "Come with me," he said in a kindly voice, and taking him to the
-nearest café gave him a glass of brandy.
+nearest café gave him a glass of brandy.
 
 The brandy revived him and he thanked his friend.
 
@@ -10724,13 +10699,13 @@ A few days later he received a very polite note from the baron in which
 he called on him to pay for his underwritten shares, and enclosed a
 polite account.
 
-Payot's eyes swam when he saw the amount, £40,000, which had to be met
+Payot's eyes swam when he saw the amount, £40,000, which had to be met
 on the making-up day at the end of the month.
 
 He went to his banker's with a sad heart, and was closeted with him for
 a couple of hours, ascertaining the market value of his securities.
-They added up to £36,000 in all. There was nothing left but his house
-and furniture, and he owed £40,000.
+They added up to £36,000 in all. There was nothing left but his house
+and furniture, and he owed £40,000.
 
 "Sell everything I have at once," he replied, "I am ruined," and he
 shook hands with the banker and left the bank with a heavy heart.
@@ -10841,12 +10816,12 @@ immediately," and M. Beaupaire hailed a taxi, and they drove to the
 Villebois's.
 
 M. Beaupaire and Payot were soon engaged in earnest conversation with
-Delapine, who was propped up in an easy-chair with Renée who sat on a
+Delapine, who was propped up in an easy-chair with Renée who sat on a
 footstool beside him.
 
-"You need not leave me, Renée," said the professor, as she was about to
+"You need not leave me, Renée," said the professor, as she was about to
 retire. "I am sure these gentlemen will not mind, and I know she wants
-to know the worst, don't you, Renée?"
+to know the worst, don't you, Renée?"
 
 Delapine listened quietly to the history of the New Jerusalem bubble,
 and leaning back with his eyes half closed, and with the tips of his
@@ -10882,7 +10857,7 @@ to do it in."
 
 "Then come and see me again."
 
-Renée nodded significantly to Delapine.
+Renée nodded significantly to Delapine.
 
 "My lady doctor is in command of the ship, and her orders have to be
 obeyed, and they are that both of you must leave the room at once. Pray
@@ -11159,7 +11134,7 @@ Hugo, and is not inferior to either."
 
 "What!" cried Violette, "you don't mean to say that I am actually
 talking to George Marcel who wrote the book on epigrams, '_Les poemes
-de ma Jeunesse_,' and '_Le dernier combat dans le Colisée_'?"
+de ma Jeunesse_,' and '_Le dernier combat dans le Colisée_'?"
 
 "That is the same gentleman, mademoiselle. There is only one George
 Marcel in the world as far as I know."
@@ -11254,14 +11229,14 @@ money I raised to sell everything, and have a few thousand francs over."
 sure it might have been much worse. Forty thousand francs is at least
 something to fall back upon."
 
-"That is true, but I shall not be able to afford any dot for Renée."
+"That is true, but I shall not be able to afford any dot for Renée."
 
 "I will see to that."
 
 "What! You, professor? How can you provide a dot out of your slender
 income?"
 
-"I never said I was going to find my fiancée's dowry out of my income,
+"I never said I was going to find my fiancée's dowry out of my income,
 nor do I intend to borrow it."
 
 "Then how will you find the money?"
@@ -11330,7 +11305,7 @@ choicest smiles.
 
 Wednesday night saw the whole of the party assembled soon after eight
 o'clock near the ticket office of the Gare de Lyon. Delapine had
-reserved a coupé for each of the Villebois and Beaupaire families
+reserved a coupé for each of the Villebois and Beaupaire families
 together with Monsieur Payot, so that Marcel and Riche had to shift for
 themselves.
 
@@ -11349,7 +11324,7 @@ after the luggage, she's a ripping girl, I assure you, and no mistake."
 "Violette Beaupaire," said Riche half aloud to himself, "I know that
 name somehow. Where was it I heard it?" and he tapped his forehead in
 thought. "Oh! yes, I remember now, she was the girl with the wonderful
-ring I met that day at the café near the Ecolle de Medicine. How small
+ring I met that day at the café near the Ecolle de Medicine. How small
 the world is to be sure."
 
 "Why! You don't mean to say that you know her?" said Marcel, who had
@@ -11357,7 +11332,7 @@ caught the drift of what he had been saying half aloud to himself.
 "Where did you meet her?" he added with a tinge of jealousy in his
 voice.
 
-The doctor related the curious adventure he had had at the café, and
+The doctor related the curious adventure he had had at the café, and
 the marvellous predictions of Violette which she had made while gazing
 at the ring.
 
@@ -11505,7 +11480,7 @@ number, as one person can lie outstretched on each side. Two is company
 but three is none, and is nearly as bad as four, in fact it verges on
 misery for two out of the three, but five makes comfort impossible.
 
-Such was the state of things in Monsieur Beaupaire's coupé. Monsieur,
+Such was the state of things in Monsieur Beaupaire's coupé. Monsieur,
 Madame, and Mademoiselle Beaupaire were congratulating themselves on
 travelling undisturbed, when a couple of English tourists clambered
 in--or rather were pushed in just as the train was moving, in spite of
@@ -11743,7 +11718,7 @@ Mr. Ridgeway was interrupted by the sudden noise of the brakes--z ... z
 
 The train pulled up in the station just two hours after leaving Paris.
 
-"La Roche," shouted the guard. "Cinque minutes d'arrêt."
+"La Roche," shouted the guard. "Cinque minutes d'arrêt."
 
 It was the first stop. Marcel was snoring vigorously notwithstanding
 the noise.
@@ -11788,16 +11763,16 @@ doctor's request.
 We can now sleep undisturbed until we get to Marseilles."
 
 The next morning they arrived at Marseilles, and everybody got out to
-stretch their legs and enjoy a good cup of café au lait at the buffet.
+stretch their legs and enjoy a good cup of café au lait at the buffet.
 
 The party had a refreshing wash and brush up to enable them to enjoy
-the delightful sea views of the Côte d'Azur.
+the delightful sea views of the Côte d'Azur.
 
 It was the early part of the afternoon when the train pulled up at
 Beaulieu. They drove to the Hotel des Anglais, somewhat tired but in
 the best of spirits.
 
-The feelings of Céleste and Renée on seeing the Côte d'Azur for the
+The feelings of Céleste and Renée on seeing the Côte d'Azur for the
 first time cannot be described. The balmy air was filled with the
 delicious perfumes of a million flowers and fields of new-mown hay.
 They saw the deep blue sky paling to a delicate turquoise where it
@@ -11902,7 +11877,7 @@ towards them with his arms outstretched gesticulating wildly. Violette,
 who was standing in front of her door, looked up and saw the gentleman
 who was the author of all the scene rush past her clad in pajamas with
 an embroidered cap ornamented with a gold tassel, and almost flinging
-himself into the arms of the landlord. "Voilà!" he shouted, "see
+himself into the arms of the landlord. "Voilà!" he shouted, "see
 what some miscreant has done to me," and he laid bare his chest all
 blazing red and fearfully inflamed with the mustard, while he shook
 the offending plaster in monsieur's face. Violette caught sight of his
@@ -11940,12 +11915,12 @@ brought up for her special benefit.
 pillows, "you are to be sure to make friends with the chef and bring
 me a copy of the menus for lunch and dinner as soon as they are
 printed, and, Marie, fetch me my portemonnaie. See, give him this
-and tell him to allow you to see how the entrées are prepared, and
+and tell him to allow you to see how the entrées are prepared, and
 don't forget the sauces--especially the sauces, do you understand?
 Oh, I forgot--yes--find out whether he wraps the red mullet in paper
 soaked in olive oil or butter, be sure and ask him this, as it is most
 important, and don't forget also to find out how he prepares his gigot
-à la Mailly, and his poulets à la Villeroy. Do you think, Marie, that
+à la Mailly, and his poulets à la Villeroy. Do you think, Marie, that
 he will tell you all this for a small pourboire?"
 
 "Please, madame, I have seen him already and he is a most charming
@@ -11998,7 +11973,7 @@ her, it would not have mattered--but a cook, with a double chin and
 whiskers! Holy Mary!" and the good lady crossed herself and sank down
 among the pillows to dream of the wickedness of femmes de chambre in
 general, and her own amazing righteousness. It was half-past nine when
-the rest of the party sat down to breakfast in the salle à manger of
+the rest of the party sat down to breakfast in the salle à manger of
 the hotel. Marcel, flushed and tired, entered the room and looked round
 to see if he could detect the culprit among the numerous guests, and
 failing that, sat down next to Riche who did his best to soothe his
@@ -12031,21 +12006,21 @@ me the prescription with both remedies written down."
 Marcel looked up in surprise and whispered something to Riche, while
 Violette blushed up to the roots of her hair, and bent down to pick up
 her napkin which she had purposely dropped. "Oh dear!" she whispered to
-Céleste who was sitting between her and Riche, "whatever will become of
+Céleste who was sitting between her and Riche, "whatever will become of
 me?" and her face expressed unutterable things.
 
 "Why! what have you done?"
 
-Just then Céleste happened to lean back, and Violette turning half
+Just then Céleste happened to lean back, and Violette turning half
 round, caught Riche's eye just as she was drinking her coffee, which
 caused her to swallow it in such a hurry that it nearly choked her. She
-set her cup down, and whispering into Céleste's ear, walked quickly out
-of the salle a manger followed by Céleste.
+set her cup down, and whispering into Céleste's ear, walked quickly out
+of the salle a manger followed by Céleste.
 
 The two girls closed the door, ran quickly upstairs, and locked
 themselves in Violette's bedroom.
 
-"Now tell me all about it," said Céleste, as they seated themselves on
+"Now tell me all about it," said Céleste, as they seated themselves on
 the ottoman.
 
 "Oh! it's too dreadful for words," said Violette. "I asked Dr.
@@ -12065,7 +12040,7 @@ unfortunate man was--whom do you think?"
 "No, my dear--Marcel! Good Heavens! what shall I do? He will never
 forgive me."
 
-Céleste gave a little cry of surprise.
+Céleste gave a little cry of surprise.
 
 "Good gracious!" she exclaimed, putting her arm round Violette's
 shoulder, "what a dreadful mistake to make, but I am sure, dear, with a
@@ -12089,7 +12064,7 @@ last."
 
 "Who? Where?" cried Marcel in an excited voice.
 
-"Why, that young lady who was sitting on the other side of Céleste."
+"Why, that young lady who was sitting on the other side of Céleste."
 
 Marcel turned round and looked at the position indicated.
 
@@ -12178,7 +12153,7 @@ sights of the place, but more especially with the object of purchasing
 the ring to adorn his divinity's hand, so as to be ready for the attack
 when they returned for lunch.
 
-Meanwhile Delapine was walking arm in arm with Monsieur Payot and Renée
+Meanwhile Delapine was walking arm in arm with Monsieur Payot and Renée
 up and down the broad terrace of the hotel.
 
 "Where are we now?" said Payot to Delapine who was well acquainted with
@@ -12189,7 +12164,7 @@ called a suburb of Villefranche, the town you see on the right snugly
 nestled in the little bay formed by the promontory over there," and he
 pointed with his stick.
 
-"What is the town still further away on our right?" said Renée as
+"What is the town still further away on our right?" said Renée as
 she stood looking at a handsome steam yacht which was making its way
 towards the bay of Villefranche.
 
@@ -12239,7 +12214,7 @@ carpet above the Corniche road. What a feast of colour for a painter."
 Doric pillars entwined with African ivy. There, don't you see it--just
 above the quaint village of Turbia, or La Turbie as it is generally
 called, between those two limestone peaks, high above the rocky
-promontory of Monaco, and close to the fearful precipices of the Tête
+promontory of Monaco, and close to the fearful precipices of the Tête
 du chien. That is the triumphal tower, or Trophaea, built by Augustus
 to commemorate his victory over the Ligurians, and which marked the
 boundary between Gaul and Italy. In its perfect condition it formed a
@@ -12251,10 +12226,10 @@ clashing of arms in those days, and the peaceful single white street
 bordered by houses and inns on either side, as it exists to-day. Now
 only a mighty ruin remains to recall its former greatness."
 
-"Oh, yes," said Renée, "I remember I read about it in Tennyson's
+"Oh, yes," said Renée, "I remember I read about it in Tennyson's
 _Daisy_."
 
-"Why, Renée, what a memory you have!"
+"Why, Renée, what a memory you have!"
 
 "Not at all, Henri. You see I knew I was going to the Riviera, so I
 read up all I could about the place; and now the places seem like old
@@ -12262,7 +12237,7 @@ friends."
 
 "That is the way to travel, it is the only way to enjoy the scenery."
 
-"Where are we going when the rest of the party returns?" asked Renée.
+"Where are we going when the rest of the party returns?" asked Renée.
 
 "Do you see that steep stony path near the funicular railway leading
 down the hill from La Turbie?"
@@ -12291,7 +12266,7 @@ to the Casino, "that is the sole object of our expedition, and when I
 have done my business there, I intend to return to Paris."
 
 "But surely, professor, you are not going to waste your time in playing
-at the Casino?" said Payot and Renée in the same breath. "We never knew
+at the Casino?" said Payot and Renée in the same breath. "We never knew
 you gambled."
 
 "I never gamble--when I play, I play with knowledge, and I intend to
@@ -12305,13 +12280,13 @@ somewhat cynical smile, and at the same time throwing at Payot one of
 those piercing glances with which he so frequently electrified his
 audiences.
 
-Renée looked at Delapine with her brown eyes filled with an enquiring
+Renée looked at Delapine with her brown eyes filled with an enquiring
 look of wonderment, and then turned to her father to see what reply he
 would make, but Payot said nothing, he merely evaded a reply by tracing
 figures with his cane on the sand.
 
 The professor sat down on a chair and became absorbed in deep thought.
-Renée looked alarmed, as she fancied he was about to go off in another
+Renée looked alarmed, as she fancied he was about to go off in another
 trance. Suddenly he sprang up. "Excuse me," he said, "I perceive that
 our two friends Riche and Marcel are in trouble. I must go and rescue
 them," and without another word he donned his slouch hat and went out
@@ -12324,7 +12299,7 @@ them out of their mess. Didn't you hear him tell us he would?"
 
 "But how on earth is he able to know when he is not there to see?"
 
-"You must ask Henri that question," said Renée. "He will tell you."
+"You must ask Henri that question," said Renée. "He will tell you."
 
 It was a lovely winter's morning. The blue sky covered the deep
 sapphire blue of the Gulf of Genoa like a great turquoise dome painted
@@ -12350,18 +12325,18 @@ The road crossed deep gorges bordered with locust trees, pines and
 castania trees, while here and there were aged olive trees with their
 shrunken, gnarled and twisted trunks filled with the dust of years
 between the crevices of the bark. Wonderful limestone rocks towered up
-the hill on the left like mediæval ruined castles varying from a creamy
+the hill on the left like mediæval ruined castles varying from a creamy
 white to pale lilac or deep crimson. At one spot a stream of clear
 water trickled down, besprinkling with its spray soft cushions of
 velvety moss embroidered with lichens, maiden-hair ferns, aspleniums,
-and the beautiful white star-like leucorium nicæense. Here and there
+and the beautiful white star-like leucorium nicæense. Here and there
 bunches of convolvuli and cistuses unfolded their crimson and purple
 trumpets.
 
 Further on the village of Roccabrunna could be seen nestling among the
 brown rocks and huge boulders which had fallen ages before, and become
 partly cemented to the hillside with undergrowth and soil. Capping the
-summit half hidden among the houses, the ruins of the mediæval castle
+summit half hidden among the houses, the ruins of the mediæval castle
 of the Lascaris arrested his eye, surrounded by lemon and orange trees.
 
 Now the road turns aside through the village of Monaco, and on the
@@ -12594,7 +12569,7 @@ CHAPTER XXIV
 
 THE PROFESSOR DISCOURSES ON GAMBLING
 
- "Le hasard n'est rien. Il n'est point de hasard. Nous avons nominè
+ "Le hasard n'est rien. Il n'est point de hasard. Nous avons nominè
  l'effet que nous voyons d'une cause que nous ne voyons pas."
 
  Voltaire, _Lettres de Memmius, III_.
@@ -12604,7 +12579,7 @@ THE PROFESSOR DISCOURSES ON GAMBLING
 
  "C'est le profonde ignorance qui inspire le ton dogmatique."
 
- La Bruyère, _Characteres_.
+ La Bruyère, _Characteres_.
 
 
 "Well, Monsieur Beaupaire, I hope that you are the better for Dr.
@@ -12852,7 +12827,7 @@ admission after a few formalities had been gone through.
 "Now let us watch the fools lose their money," said Delapine as they
 entered the Salon du Jeu.
 
-Renée and Céleste opened their eyes wide as they entered the huge
+Renée and Céleste opened their eyes wide as they entered the huge
 gilded salon.
 
 "If it were not for the double row of people standing round those
@@ -12968,7 +12943,7 @@ shall all see it for yourselves."
 
 "Just look at that horrid old woman," said Violette in a half whisper.
 "I saw her distinctly grab the winnings of another party who had placed
-her gold piece on the line between two squares (à cheval I think you
+her gold piece on the line between two squares (à cheval I think you
 call it.) Look, professor," and she pointed her out to him.
 
 "I will soon stop her little game," said Delapine who had already
@@ -13011,7 +12986,7 @@ innocence. Four out of the six stakes were in Delapine's favour, and
 handing his winnings to the officials he quietly walked to another part
 of the room.
 
-"Do tell us some more about the game," said Renée to her lover.
+"Do tell us some more about the game," said Renée to her lover.
 
 "Well, there is not much more to say."
 
@@ -13046,11 +13021,11 @@ professor.
 a pointed glossy beard just standing behind her?" said Marcel. "See he
 is whispering something in her ear."
 
-"What a large sum she has put on to black," exclaimed Renée.
+"What a large sum she has put on to black," exclaimed Renée.
 
 "Yes," said Delapine, "it is the maximum stake (6,000 frs.)."
 
-"Look! Look!" said Renée, "she has won," as she saw 12,000 frs. worth
+"Look! Look!" said Renée, "she has won," as she saw 12,000 frs. worth
 of notes passed over to her by the croupier.
 
 The curly headed gentleman squeezed her hand, "Didn't I tell you so,"
@@ -13098,10 +13073,10 @@ him, professor?"
 Delapine's face clouded, and he set his lips firmly together, but did
 not reply.
 
-Renée was looking at her lover, and her hand trembled as she watched
+Renée was looking at her lover, and her hand trembled as she watched
 the change which came over his face. She caught hold of his hand.
 
-"Don't worry your little head, Renée," said Delapine gently. "Riche,"
+"Don't worry your little head, Renée," said Delapine gently. "Riche,"
 he continued, "I should be obliged if you and Marcel will do me the
 favour to follow that gentleman who has just left the salon, and let me
 know what he is doing and where he is living. Come and report to me at
@@ -13116,7 +13091,7 @@ camera on the lady who had lost her money, and seizing a favourable
 opportunity when no one was looking at him, pressed the button and
 secured her photograph.
 
-"Why did you take her photograph?" said Renée, looking very anxious.
+"Why did you take her photograph?" said Renée, looking very anxious.
 
 "You can trust me, can't you?" said the professor.
 
@@ -13154,7 +13129,7 @@ DELAPINE TRIES HIS HAND AT THE TABLES
  And he that tossed you down into the Field,
    He knows about it all--He knows, He knows."
 
- _The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám_, verse lxx.
+ _The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám_, verse lxx.
 
 
 "Where is the professor?" asked Villebois at the breakfast table next
@@ -13179,7 +13154,7 @@ But Delapine made no movement. A roulette wheel stood before him
 similar to those used in the Casino. Several sheets of paper covered
 with algebraical equations lay on the table, while at his side was
 a well-thumbed copy of Vega's Logarithm Tables and Bertrand's and
-Poincaré's _Calcul des Probabilités_ lay open near it.
+Poincaré's _Calcul des Probabilités_ lay open near it.
 
 "Professor, we are waiting for you," said Riche, giving him a gentle
 slap on the back, but suddenly started back declaring that he had
@@ -13216,7 +13191,7 @@ reminded me of an electric eel."
 "I was positively frightened when I saw him," said Payot. "He looked
 transfigured and his face was wax-like and quite motionless."
 
-"You need not be frightened, papa," said Renée, looking up. "Henri told
+"You need not be frightened, papa," said Renée, looking up. "Henri told
 me last night that he intended to go to the Casino this morning, and he
 would give the directors something to think about for a long time to
 come, and you know by now that when Henri says anything will happen it
@@ -13244,9 +13219,9 @@ be_ hanged."
 "But is Delapine really going to play at the Casino?" asked Villebois,
 as soon as they had ceased laughing.
 
-"He told Renée and me so, didn't he, Renée?"
+"He told Renée and me so, didn't he, Renée?"
 
-Renée nodded, and then added, "But I am certain of one thing, doctor,
+Renée nodded, and then added, "But I am certain of one thing, doctor,
 and that is he won't lose his money there. He has much too scientific
 a mind to take mere chances like the people we saw there yesterday.
 Besides, didn't he point out to us the fallacies of their systems?"
@@ -13262,7 +13237,7 @@ The note was dated the day before, and ran as follows:
 
  Dear M. Payot,
 
- Please hand over to Renée all the money you have brought with you to
+ Please hand over to Renée all the money you have brought with you to
  Beaulieu, and permit me to have the use of it unconditionally for one
  day. If you have complete confidence in my powers I shall have the
  pleasure of returning it to-morrow with interest.
@@ -13292,7 +13267,7 @@ As soon as Delapine had taken his seat with the rest of the party, the
 coachman, who had already received his instructions, drove rapidly to
 Monte Carlo.
 
-"Have you a letter for me?" asked Delapine, turning to Renée, who sat
+"Have you a letter for me?" asked Delapine, turning to Renée, who sat
 next to him.
 
 "Oh, yes, Henri. Father gave me this for you, but I did not like to
@@ -13302,7 +13277,7 @@ Taking the letter from her hand, Delapine opened it, and found that it
 contained 4,000 francs in notes.
 
 They arrived at the Casino in good time so as to enable Delapine to
-secure a seat close to the roulette wheel. He motioned to Renée and
+secure a seat close to the roulette wheel. He motioned to Renée and
 Payot to sit next to him, while the rest of the party stood round
 behind his chair.
 
@@ -13336,11 +13311,11 @@ and at length fell into No. 7.
 Delapine's pieces on 28 and 12, and tossed seven notes of 500 frs. each
 on to No. 7, and 1,000 fr. notes on to "rouge," "impair," and "manque."
 Delapine's stake of 3,300 frs. was now increased by 6,300 frs.[21]
-Whispering a few words to Renée, telling her what numbers to back, and
+Whispering a few words to Renée, telling her what numbers to back, and
 without troubling himself in the least about his own gains, he once
 more turned his attention to the little ball.
 
-Renée immediately did as he had told her and placed the maximum
+Renée immediately did as he had told her and placed the maximum
 allowed--180 frs.--on number 7, leaving the money with the gains added
 on each of the single chances, rouge, pair and manque.
 
@@ -13349,13 +13324,13 @@ Round went the wheel again, and the little ball hopped about as before.
 Delapine did not move his head but continued to gaze steadily on the
 ball.
 
-Five times running Renée repeated the process, each time leaving the
+Five times running Renée repeated the process, each time leaving the
 maximum--6,000 frs.--on each even chance, and the maximum on the single
 number. At last she ceased for a moment and counted the notes in hand.
 She had won 120,000 francs.
 
 All this time Delapine had remained motionless with his eyes fixed like
-a carved Buddha. At length he leaned over and whispered to Renée, who
+a carved Buddha. At length he leaned over and whispered to Renée, who
 immediately transferred the maximum stakes to three fresh numbers and
 different squares.
 
@@ -13367,7 +13342,7 @@ Occasionally he would take half-a-dozen gold pieces and rapidly throw
 them on to as many squares or numbers, without troubling his head in
 the least as to whether they won or lost.
 
-But Renée was winning so fast that she became the centre of attraction
+But Renée was winning so fast that she became the centre of attraction
 for the crowd which grew more and more dense at the table, little
 dreaming that it was the quiet professor at her side and not the player
 herself who was manipulating the stakes, and who was responsible for
@@ -13376,7 +13351,7 @@ all her marvellous good fortune.
 Strangely enough, Delapine lost his own little stakes more often than
 he won, as he allowed them to remain on any squares they chanced to
 fall on. Now and again a coin would drop on the line between two
-squares--à cheval--or covering four numbers--en carré. Sometimes the
+squares--à cheval--or covering four numbers--en carré. Sometimes the
 croupier would sweep them into the bank--sometimes Delapine would
 receive eleven or eight times his stake. When this happened he would
 quietly pick up his winnings so as to compensate for his other losses,
@@ -13396,10 +13371,10 @@ During the intervals when the wheel was at rest, or when it had just
 started revolving, Delapine would quietly look round the tables and
 make a mental note of the characters assembled.
 
-Payot's eyes nearly started out of his head when he saw Renée's huge
+Payot's eyes nearly started out of his head when he saw Renée's huge
 pile of notes creeping up minute by minute. He touched the professor
 and spoke to him. Delapine, however, did not for one moment appear to
-notice, and Renée, dreading lest her father should break the spell,
+notice, and Renée, dreading lest her father should break the spell,
 touched him on the shoulder.
 
 "Please, father, do keep quiet, or you'll spoil everything."
@@ -13407,7 +13382,7 @@ touched him on the shoulder.
 Payot had the good sense to take the hint and made no further attempt
 to interrupt.
 
-It was not long before the news of Renée's amazing good fortune spread
+It was not long before the news of Renée's amazing good fortune spread
 to the other tables, and soon she found herself surrounded by an eager
 crowd, pushing and jostling each other in their anxiety to see not only
 the numbers she was backing, but the lucky player herself. She had
@@ -13421,18 +13396,18 @@ the money they suddenly stopped. The bank was broken!
 The news spread like wild fire all over the room, and a ringing cheer
 rose from the crowd.
 
-Renée's pile had reached 700,000 francs.
+Renée's pile had reached 700,000 francs.
 
 A few minutes later two attendants came in carrying a large steel box
 containing a fresh supply of money.
 
 Everyone now resolved to stake his or her cash on the same ventures as
-Renée.
+Renée.
 
 Delapine who was quietly watching the greedy looks of the crowd round
-and in front of Renée, squeezed her hand unnoticed in a peculiar way
+and in front of Renée, squeezed her hand unnoticed in a peculiar way
 which conveyed to her the hidden meaning. Scribbling a few words on a
-piece of paper which he folded up, Delapine whispered to Renée, and at
+piece of paper which he folded up, Delapine whispered to Renée, and at
 the same time handed the folded paper to Payot.
 
 The latter opened the note and read:--
@@ -13440,16 +13415,16 @@ The latter opened the note and read:--
  "Do not be alarmed at what is going to happen. I know what I am doing,
  and I have good reason for doing it."
 
-Ten different chances were selected by Renée and a small amount was
+Ten different chances were selected by Renée and a small amount was
 placed on each.
 
 "Zero," cried the croupier, and all the stakes were either raked in or
 placed 'in prison.'
 
-Again Renée staked a couple of hundred francs on six different squares.
+Again Renée staked a couple of hundred francs on six different squares.
 The others followed. Zero came a second time, and all the previous
 stakes were swept into the bank, while a fresh lot went into 'prison.'
-Five times Zero turned up, and Renée lost 12,000 francs. Again and
+Five times Zero turned up, and Renée lost 12,000 francs. Again and
 again she staked the same amount on different numbers and colours, and
 each time five out of the six stakes were swept into the bank. Most of
 those who had followed her cue dropped away from the table, and many
@@ -13460,13 +13435,13 @@ At length her bad luck was so pronounced that they all ceased to follow
 her lead, and nearly all those standing round her had either left the
 room or had gone to watch the other tables.
 
-Renée had lost 60,000 francs.
+Renée had lost 60,000 francs.
 
 Delapine's eyes glistened and some of his natural colour came back, but
 it was only for a moment. The reaction proved too strong, and leaning
 back in his chair, he appeared to sink into a deep sleep. It was nearly
 half an hour before he woke up again. To his surprise he found himself
-almost alone with Renée. Only the members of his party remained, and
+almost alone with Renée. Only the members of his party remained, and
 they were for the most part scattered about the room. It was half-past
 twelve, and the crowd had evidently left for lunch.
 
@@ -13483,36 +13458,36 @@ serious play will be like?"
 
 "Have a little patience," said Delapine, "and you shall see."
 
-While waiting for lunch Renée was privately instructed by Delapine as
+While waiting for lunch Renée was privately instructed by Delapine as
 to the plan of campaign for the afternoon's play, and immediately after
 their meal the professor retired to his room to recover his energy.
 Shortly afterwards the carriages were ordered, and the party returned
 to the fray.
 
-On entering the rooms Renée and Delapine resumed the seats which had
+On entering the rooms Renée and Delapine resumed the seats which had
 been retained for them by means of a very liberal tip to the croupier
 and chef de partie of his table.
 
-Owing to the heavy losses sustained by those who had followed Renée's
+Owing to the heavy losses sustained by those who had followed Renée's
 lead during the later play in the fore-noon, very few people stood
 round the table, and those who were seated were too much afraid to be
 led again by her.
 
 At first Delapine appeared quite normal as he sat watching the game,
 but gradually his manner changed, and he seemed to become oblivious
-to all around him. He stared fixedly at the ball, while Renée, acting
+to all around him. He stared fixedly at the ball, while Renée, acting
 under previous instructions, placed the maximum stake on every one of
 the eleven chances which the game offered. Sometimes she would place a
 maximum on Zero only, omitting all the other squares, and would leave
 it there four or five times running. At other times she would back two
 numbers of the same colour and put 2,000 francs on each of the even
-chances. In this way half an hour went by, and Renée's pile of notes
+chances. In this way half an hour went by, and Renée's pile of notes
 steadily increased.
 
 Twenty minutes later the Administration had to bring a third supply.
 The croupiers began to get anxious. Once more the crowd began to
 collect, and again Delapine started staking small sums at random.
-Whenever the other players showed a disposition to follow Renée's lead,
+Whenever the other players showed a disposition to follow Renée's lead,
 her hand would feel a squeeze from Delapine, and she would place her
 stakes on the wrong numbers, or she would suddenly back the first four
 numbers, or put a maximum on Zero which was sure to turn up.
@@ -13524,20 +13499,20 @@ even to notice Delapine. They nodded in acquiescence.
 At length the bank 'broke' for the third time, and play was suspended
 while the senior members of the Administration were called in. After
 an anxious consultation a new roulette wheel was brought, and half
-a dozen detectives were ordered to watch the professor and Renée,
+a dozen detectives were ordered to watch the professor and Renée,
 with the result that Delapine became quite reckless and lost several
-thousand francs, while Renée lost her stakes four times in succession.
+thousand francs, while Renée lost her stakes four times in succession.
 Unfortunately Charley and his friend were plunging heavily, and lost
 all they had on them.
 
 "C'est rien," said the croupier to the director, "we shall get it all
 back in an hour--and more," they added significantly. The detectives
 shrugged their shoulders and left the table at the bidding of the
-director, but continued to keep their eyes on Renée and Delapine all
+director, but continued to keep their eyes on Renée and Delapine all
 the same.
 
 Once more Delapine lapsed into his cataleptic condition, and once more
-Renée 'broke' the bank.
+Renée 'broke' the bank.
 
 Five times the chef de partie had been obliged to send for fresh
 supplies of money, and thrice the roulette wheel was changed.
@@ -13551,11 +13526,11 @@ They all stood round Delapine.
 
 All the players in the room had left their tables and collected in
 a huge crowd round the two tables, near the end of one of which the
-professor was sitting with Renée and Payot alongside of him. The crowd
+professor was sitting with Renée and Payot alongside of him. The crowd
 made way for the members of the Administration who stood in a half
 circle round Delapine and his two companions.
 
-They watched Renée put a maximum on the eleven chances and one on No.
+They watched Renée put a maximum on the eleven chances and one on No.
 4, and saw with their own eyes the little ball tumble into one of the
 little compartments.
 
@@ -13567,7 +13542,7 @@ The directors stared at one another, petrified with astonishment.
 One of them slipped away hurriedly and returned with Monsieur Eperon
 the Chef de Police of Monaco and two of his satellites.
 
-"Arrest them," cried the director in a loud voice, pointing to Renée
+"Arrest them," cried the director in a loud voice, pointing to Renée
 and Delapine.
 
 A moment afterwards the chief cashier of the bank came running into the
@@ -13580,11 +13555,11 @@ The bank was really broken--for the first time in the history of the
 Casino.
 
 The Administration formally declared the rooms closed, and Delapine
-and Renée were escorted to the police station, followed by the whole
+and Renée were escorted to the police station, followed by the whole
 of their party together with Charley and Ridgeway who formed the
 rearguard. At length they entered one of the large rooms of the
 gendarmerie. Monsieur Eperon and two assistants sat down at a high
-table. Renée and Delapine stood in front of them while the directors
+table. Renée and Delapine stood in front of them while the directors
 stood around, and a whole crowd of witnesses filled the room behind.
 
 The police took the names and addresses of the accused.
@@ -13643,7 +13618,7 @@ unwilling or powerless to suppress the applause.
 Everyone was absolutely dumbfounded.
 
 As the directors were unable to maintain any of the charges against
-Delapine and Renée, they were requested to retire with the police to
+Delapine and Renée, they were requested to retire with the police to
 one of the anterooms, where a further conference was held.
 
 At length they returned, and the Chef de Police asked Delapine how he
@@ -13666,7 +13641,7 @@ dismiss the charge.
 of the Administration in a whisper as he stepped up to the professor.
 
 "If you will first hand over to me 500,000 francs as a reward for
-my disclosure as well as compensation to my fiancée and myself for
+my disclosure as well as compensation to my fiancée and myself for
 our unjust arrest, I will disclose the secret," he replied, "but not
 otherwise."
 
@@ -13690,7 +13665,7 @@ secret, gentlemen--'Mens agitat molem' (the mind moves matter) is just
 as true to-day as it was when Vigil wrote these words nearly nineteen
 hundred years ago."
 
-Thereupon Delapine took Renée by the hand, and bowing gracefully to the
+Thereupon Delapine took Renée by the hand, and bowing gracefully to the
 astonished and bewildered officials, and shaking hands with M. Eperon,
 he left the gendarmerie amid the applause of the crowd.
 
@@ -13726,14 +13701,14 @@ overcome with emotion and weeping tears of joy, wrung his benefactor's
 hand, but was powerless to speak.
 
 "That is not all," continued Delapine, "here is five hundred thousand
-francs for Renée's 'dot,' she has fairly earned them by the admirable
+francs for Renée's 'dot,' she has fairly earned them by the admirable
 way in which she carried out my instructions. Without her I could not
 have succeeded, for had I placed the stakes myself I could not have
 concentrated my mind sufficiently to control the movements of the ball."
 
 Then turning to Villebois he said. "Here, my dear friend, is a gift for
 you," handing him at the same time 350,000 francs, "out of this you
-will be able to provide for Céleste. For you, my dear friend Beaupaire,
+will be able to provide for Céleste. For you, my dear friend Beaupaire,
 is another 350,000 francs, and pray see that Violette has half of
 it for her 'dot', so that Marcel may be able to display the latest
 fashions in embroidered waistcoats." One hundred thousand and fifty
@@ -13831,7 +13806,7 @@ purchase the latest editions of the papers. As the time passed and
 nothing happened he got more venturesome, and the last evening but
 one before _La Gascogne_ sailed, he said to himself, "I will risk it,
 and go to the theatre and enjoy myself for the last time in France.
-Garçon," he said, after table d'hote was over, "bring me the evening
+Garçon," he said, after table d'hote was over, "bring me the evening
 paper--are there any good plays at the theatre to-night?"
 
 "I can recommend 'La Debutante,' sir," said the waiter, "I hear it is a
@@ -13868,7 +13843,7 @@ graciously accepted the proffered bouquet, and pointed to a chair next
 to her.
 
 "Pray sit down," she said, "it is quite charming to have you by me. We
-shall be able to have a delightful tête-a-tête together."
+shall be able to have a delightful tête-a-tête together."
 
 Pierre at once sat down and squeezed her hand with rapture.
 
@@ -14019,7 +13994,7 @@ played several airs.
 you play so beautifully. Let us go into the fresh air," he remarked
 at length. "I think it will do us both good. We will take a stroll
 through the public gardens and hear the music, or have some coffee at
-one of the cafés, and then we can afterwards have some dinner together.
+one of the cafés, and then we can afterwards have some dinner together.
 Let us make a good night of it, as I regret to say it is my last night
 in France."
 
@@ -14042,7 +14017,7 @@ even attempted to smile when she said she had come to bid him good-bye.
 She bid him sit down on the sofa and took a seat by his side. "Now look
 here, Monsieur Sylvestre, I know quite well who you are. Your real name
 is Pierre Gaston Duval. Now it's no use denying it," she added, as he
-was about to reply. "You insulted me at Maxim's Café only a short time
+was about to reply. "You insulted me at Maxim's Café only a short time
 ago--do you remember the scene? I know well enough you are the man who
 is wanted by the police, I could read your guilt in your face, even if
 I had no other proofs. Do you see this ear?" said she pointing to the
@@ -14095,7 +14070,7 @@ Anglais, Delapine's party had just finished lunch when Marcel, glancing
 at Violette's ring, asked her if it had a history.
 
 She related to him the same story she had told Riche a few months
-before in the café at the corner of the Boulevard Michel.
+before in the café at the corner of the Boulevard Michel.
 
 Riche left his side of the table and examined the ring with Marcel.
 
@@ -14144,7 +14119,7 @@ took in the salon the day before.
 "Yes, I recognise her at once by the necklace and pendant," said
 Violette.
 
-He rang the bell and asked the garçon to fetch him a time-table.
+He rang the bell and asked the garçon to fetch him a time-table.
 
 "It is now about half-past one," said the professor taking out his
 watch, "and as there is no stoppage between Agen and Bordeaux, it is
@@ -14193,7 +14168,7 @@ them."
 "But I assure you, M. Patrigent," said Riche, "what the young lady
 saw is true, I am certain of it," and he told him of Violette's
 previous vision with the ring, and pointed out how she had foretold
-the attempted murder of Delapine in the séance room, and how her own
+the attempted murder of Delapine in the séance room, and how her own
 psychic vision saved Delapine's life.
 
 M. Patrigent merely shrugged his shoulders incredulously.
@@ -14381,11 +14356,11 @@ required a dozen gendarmes to clear a passage for him and his party. It
 was with great difficulty that he managed to reach the barriers on the
 platform.
 
-"Look, Henri," said Renée, pointing to a magnificent floral arch at the
+"Look, Henri," said Renée, pointing to a magnificent floral arch at the
 gateway on which "VIVE DELAPINE SOYEZ LE BIENVENU" was written in huge
 gilt letters around the curve of the arch.
 
-"I feel the proudest girl in all France," said Renée, beaming.
+"I feel the proudest girl in all France," said Renée, beaming.
 
 Delapine was more than surprised, he was electrified, enchanted,
 bewildered. His eyes flashed with excitement, and he was utterly unable
@@ -14408,7 +14383,7 @@ that day, and the professors catching their enthusiasm joined them in
 a body. Had it been the Czar of all the Russians he could not have
 caused a tithe of the excitement and tremendous cheering that Delapine
 evoked as he stepped from the train on to the platform. On leaving the
-station, Delapine with Renée on his arm and Payot immediately behind
+station, Delapine with Renée on his arm and Payot immediately behind
 them were conducted to their carriage by the senior professors of the
 university. Immediately behind followed a second carriage with the
 Villebois family, while Monsieur and Madame Beaupaire with Violette and
@@ -14487,7 +14462,7 @@ I do not ask you to waste your precious time in fruitless efforts
 to win the Wolfskehl prize of 125,000 frs. by attempting to find a
 positive solution of Fermat's great theorem, that x^n + y^n = z^n[23].
 You, gentlemen, can well afford to leave such investigations to the
-German professors and the students of Göttingen. We Frenchmen have
+German professors and the students of Göttingen. We Frenchmen have
 no time for such speculations, so long as rich pastures of fruitful
 and practical facts await discovery on every hand. Organic chemistry
 is only beginning to be unfolded and treated mathematically. We know
@@ -14524,7 +14499,7 @@ then work until we die, and when our work is finished:
 
 "Gentlemen," he added, "I have one thing to say before I sit down.
 My illness has not been without its compensations, for it has been
-the means of my winning a lovely bride," and he pointed to Renée, who
+the means of my winning a lovely bride," and he pointed to Renée, who
 became suffused with blushes.
 
 The rest of his remarks were drowned by terrific applause, intermingled
@@ -14532,29 +14507,29 @@ with shouts of "Delapine for ever," "Three cheers for the bride,"
 "Good old Delapine," during which the professor sat down.
 
 Other speeches followed, and it was with difficulty that the professor
-and his fiancée ultimately managed to reach their carriage and drive
+and his fiancée ultimately managed to reach their carriage and drive
 away.
 
        *       *       *       *       *
 
-A fortnight later Delapine and Renée, together with Marcel and
+A fortnight later Delapine and Renée, together with Marcel and
 Violette, were married by civil contract at the Mairie, and then a
 little later the next day the religious ceremony was performed at the
-Church of La Trinité.
+Church of La Trinité.
 
-The breakfast took place in the dining-room and séance-room (which were
+The breakfast took place in the dining-room and séance-room (which were
 thrown into one for the occasion) at the house of the happy couple's
 old friend, Dr. Villebois.
 
 "Villebois," said Riche at the wedding breakfast, "I owe all my
-happiness to meeting you at the café at the corner of the Boule 'Miche'
+happiness to meeting you at the café at the corner of the Boule 'Miche'
 last autumn."
 
 "And I owe all mine to Payot losing his pile," retorted Marcel. "If he
 had not 'plunged' he would not have met Beaupaire, and I should not
 have seen Violette."
 
-"And Renée's marriage is all due to that lucky café, for there it was
+"And Renée's marriage is all due to that lucky café, for there it was
 that I met Mdlle. Violette," said Riche.
 
 "You?" said Marcel, astonished, as he ceased for a moment admiring his
@@ -14568,7 +14543,7 @@ performing the autopsy."
 
 "Good gracious," said Marcel, "here are three people who go and get
 married and their wives receive handsome dots all because you happened
-to sit down and smoke a pipe outside a café. Well! if that doesn't beat
+to sit down and smoke a pipe outside a café. Well! if that doesn't beat
 the professor's play at the tables I'm a Dutchman."
 
 "I wonder whether we have heard the last of Delapine," said Violette.
@@ -14576,7 +14551,7 @@ the professor's play at the tables I'm a Dutchman."
 "The last of Delapine!" exclaimed Marcel. "Don't worry, you will hear
 plenty more yet about him."
 
-"Don't you remember he told Renée that when he recovered he intended to
+"Don't you remember he told Renée that when he recovered he intended to
 dictate his memoirs?"
 
 "Yes, I remember, and in his speech at the Sorbonne he said he was
@@ -14585,7 +14560,7 @@ going to make history instead of learning it."
 "By Jove," said Marcel, "you are right. We are going to have some fun
 ahead to look forward to."
 
-"Céleste," said Riche, as he took her little hand in his, "we are
+"Céleste," said Riche, as he took her little hand in his, "we are
 nobodies just now. The effulgence of Delapine and Marcel is too
 dazzling. I think we had better wait a few weeks until everyone is
 breathing a more sober atmosphere, and then we can have a quiet wedding
@@ -14606,7 +14581,7 @@ be any integer. It is well-known that Fermat discovered the solution,
 but it was unfortunately lost, although his papers were searched
 through at his death. The prize is still open for competition, 1916.
 All particulars can be obtained from the rector of the University of
-Göttingen. (G.L.J.)]
+Göttingen. (G.L.J.)]
 
  The End.
 
@@ -14619,367 +14594,4 @@ Göttingen. (G.L.J.)]
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