The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete (Unabridged)
T. Smollett
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Meet Ferdinand Count Fathom, a charming scoundrel with a heart as black as his velvet coat. Published in 1753, this picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett plunges you into a world of 18th century intrigue....
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Meet Ferdinand Count Fathom, a charming scoundrel with a heart as black as his velvet coat. Published in 1753, this picaresque novel by Tobias Smollett plunges you into a world of 18th century intrigue. Ferdinand, a master of disguise and deception, cons his way through Europe, leaving a trail of broken hearts and empty wallets in his wake. But beware, beneath his polished facade lurks a darkness—will Ferdinand meet his match, or will his cunning prevail? Embark on a whirlwind adventure of romance, betrayal, and audacious schemes in "The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom—Complete." Duration - 15h 29m. Author - T. Smollett. Narrator - Digital Voice Mike G. Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025. Copyright - © 2024 Falcon Press ©.
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THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM - COMPLETE
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INTRODUCTION
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TO DOCTOR ———
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CHAPTER ONE
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SOME SAGE OBSERVATIONS THAT NATURALLY INTRODUCE OUR IMPORTANT HISTORY.
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CHAPTER TWO
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A SUPERFICIAL VIEW OF OUR HERO’S INFANCY.
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CHAPTER THREE
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HE IS INITIATED IN A MILITARY LIFE, AND HAS THE GOOD FORTUNE TO ACQUIRE A GENEROUS PATRON.
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CHAPTER FOUR
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HIS MOTHER’S PROWESS AND DEATH; TOGETHER WITH SOME INSTANCES OF HIS OWN SAGACITY.
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CHAPTER FIVE
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A BRIEF DETAIL OF HIS EDUCATION.
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CHAPTER SIX
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HE MEDITATES SCHEMES OF IMPORTANCE.
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CHAPTER SEVEN
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ENGAGES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A FEMALE ASSOCIATE, IN ORDER TO PUT HIS TALENTS IN ACTION.
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CHAPTER EIGHT
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THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT; WITH A DIGRESSION WHICH SOME READERS MAY THINK IMPERTINENT.
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CHAPTER NINE
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THE CONFEDERATES CHANGE THEIR BATTERY, AND ACHIEVE A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE.
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CHAPTER TEN
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THEY PROCEED TO LEVY CONTRIBUTIONS WITH GREAT SUCCESS, UNTIL OUR HERO SETS OUT WITH THE YOUNG COUNT FOR VIENNA, WHERE HE ENTERS INTO LEAGUE WITH ANOTHER ADVENTURER.
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
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FATHOM MAKES VARIOUS EFFORTS IN THE WORLD OF GALLANTRY.
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CHAPTER TWELVE
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HE EFFECTS A LODGMENT IN THE HOUSE OF A RICH JEWELLER.
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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HE IS EXPOSED TO A MOST PERILOUS INCIDENT IN THE COURSE OF HIS INTRIGUE WITH THE DAUGHTER.
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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HE IS REDUCED TO A DREADFUL DILEMMA, IN CONSEQUENCE OF AN ASSIGNATION WITH THE WIFE.
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN
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BUT AT LENGTH SUCCEEDS IN HIS ATTEMPT UPON BOTH.
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN
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HIS SUCCESS BEGETS A BLIND SECURITY, BY WHICH HE IS ONCE AGAIN WELL-NIGH ENTRAPPED IN HIS DULCINEA’S APARTMENT.
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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THE STEP-DAME’S SUSPICIONS BEING AWAKENED, SHE LAYS A SNARE FOR OUR ADVENTURER, FROM WHICH HE IS DELIVERED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HIS GOOD GENIUS.
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
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OUR HERO DEPARTS FROM VIENNA, AND QUITS THE DOMAIN OF VENUS FOR THE ROUGH FIELD OF MARS.
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CHAPTER NINETEEN
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HE PUTS HIMSELF UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS ASSOCIATE, AND STUMBLES UPON THE FRENCH CAMP, WHERE HE FINISHES HIS MILITARY CAREER.
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CHAPTER TWENTY
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HE PREPARES A STRATAGEM BUT FINDS HIMSELF COUNTERMINED—PROCEEDS ON HIS JOURNEY, AND IS OVERTAKEN BY A TERRIBLE TEMPEST.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
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HE FALLS UPON SCYLLA, SEEKING TO AVOID CHARYBDIS.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
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HE ARRIVES AT PARIS, AND IS PLEASED WITH HIS RECEPTION.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
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ACQUITS HIMSELF WITH ADDRESS IN A NOCTURNAL RIOT.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
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HE OVERLOOKS THE ADVANCES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND SMARTS SEVERELY FOR HIS NEGLECT.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
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HE BEARS HIS FATE LIKE A PHILOSOPHER; AND CONTRACTS ACQUAINTANCE WITH A VERY REMARKABLE PERSONAGE.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
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THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE CASTILIAN.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
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A FLAGRANT INSTANCE OF FATHOM’S VIRTUE, IN THE MANNER OF HIS RETREAT TO ENGLAND.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
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SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS FELLOW-TRAVELLERS.
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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
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ANOTHER PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE SMUGGLER’S INGENIOUS CONJECTURE.
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CHAPTER THIRTY
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THE SINGULAR MANNER OF FATHOM’S ATTACK AND TRIUMPH OVER THE VIRTUE OF THE FAIR ELENOR.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
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HE BY ACCIDENT ENCOUNTERS HIS OLD FRIEND, WITH WHOM HE HOLDS A CONFERENCE, AND RENEWS A TREATY.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
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HE APPEARS IN THE GREAT WORLD WITH UNIVERSAL APPLAUSE AND ADMIRATION.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
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HE ATTRACTS THE ENVY AND ILL OFFICES OF THE MINOR KNIGHTS OF HIS OWN ORDER, OVER WHOM HE OBTAINS A COMPLETE VICTORY.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
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HE PERFORMS ANOTHER EXPLOIT, THAT CONVEYS A TRUE IDEA OF HIS GRATITUDE AND HONOUR.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
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HE REPAIRS TO BRISTOL SPRING, WHERE HE REIGNS PARAMOUNT DURING THE WHOLE SEASON.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
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HE IS SMITTEN WITH THE CHARMS OF A FEMALE ADVENTURER, WHOSE ALLUREMENTS SUBJECT HIM TO A NEW VICISSITUDE OF FORTUNE.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
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FRESH CAUSE FOR EXERTING HIS EQUANIMITY AND FORTITUDE.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
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THE BITER IS BIT.
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THE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM
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PART II.
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
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OUR ADVENTURER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A NEW SCENE OF LIFE.
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CHAPTER FORTY
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HE CONTEMPLATES MAJESTY AND ITS SATELLITES IN ECLIPSE.
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CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
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ONE QUARREL IS COMPROMISED, AND ANOTHER DECIDED BY UNUSUAL ARMS.
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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
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AN UNEXPECTED RENCONTRE, AND A HAPPY REVOLUTION IN THE AFFAIRS OF OUR ADVENTURER.
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CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
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FATHOM JUSTIFIES THE PROVERB, “WHAT’S BRED IN THE BONE WILL NEVER COME OUT OF THE FLESH.”
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CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
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ANECDOTES OF POVERTY, AND EXPERIMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
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CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
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RENALDO’S DISTRESS DEEPENS, AND FATHOM’S PLOT THICKENS.
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CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
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OUR ADVENTURER BECOMES ABSOLUTE IN HIS POWER OVER THE PASSIONS OF HIS FRIEND, AND EFFECTS ONE HALF OF HIS AIM.
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CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
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THE ART OF BORROWING FURTHER EXPLAINED, AND AN ACCOUNT OF A STRANGE PHENOMENON.
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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
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COUNT FATHOM UNMASKS HIS BATTERY; IS REPULSED; AND VARIES HIS OPERATIONS WITHOUT EFFECT.
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CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
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MONIMIA’S HONOUR IS PROTECTED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HEAVEN.
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CHAPTER FIFTY
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FATHOM SHIFTS THE SCENE, AND APPEARS IN A NEW CHARACTER.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
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TRIUMPHS OVER A MEDICAL RIVAL.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
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REPAIRS TO THE METROPOLIS, AND ENROLS HIMSELF AMONG THE SONS OF PAEAN.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
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ACQUIRES EMPLOYMENT IN CONSEQUENCE OF A LUCKY MISCARRIAGE.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
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HIS ECLIPSE, AND GRADUAL DECLINATION.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
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AFTER DIVERS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, HE HAS RECOURSE TO THE MATRIMONIAL NOOSE.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
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IN WHICH HIS FORTUNE IS EFFECTUALLY STRANGLED.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
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FATHOM BEING SAFELY HOUSED, THE READER IS ENTERTAINED WITH A RETROSPECT.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
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RENALDO ABRIDGES THE PROCEEDINGS AT LAW, AND APPROVES HIMSELF THE SON OF HIS FATHER.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
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HE IS THE MESSENGER OF HAPPINESS TO HIS SISTER, WHO REMOVES THE FILM WHICH HAD LONG OBSTRUCTED HIS PENETRATION, WITH REGARD TO COUNT FATHOM.
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CHAPTER SIXTY
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HE RECOMPENSES THE ATTACHMENT OF HIS FRIEND; AND RECEIVES A LETTER THAT REDUCES HIM TO THE VERGE OF DEATH AND DISTRACTION.
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CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
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RENALDO MEETS WITH A LIVING MONUMENT OF JUSTICE, AND ENCOUNTERS A PERSONAGE OF SOME NOTE IN THESE MEMOIRS.
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CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
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HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, AND MIDNIGHT PILGRIMAGE TO MONIMIA’S TOMB.
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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
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HE RENEWS THE RITES OF SORROW, AND IS ENTRANCED.
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CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
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THE MYSTERY UNFOLDED—ANOTHER RECOGNITION, WHICH, IT IS TO BE HOPED, THE READER COULD NOT FORESEE.
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CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
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A RETROSPECTIVE LINK, NECESSARY FOR THE CONCATENATION OF THESE MEMOIRS.
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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
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THE HISTORY DRAWS NEAR A PERIOD.
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CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
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THE LONGEST AND THE LAST.
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Summary
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