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Time to Leave Paris.On the streetcorner at dusk, the two passers-by seem innocent. You alight from your carriage; for a moment, they turn, like puppets on strings, both staring at you. Then they turn away again and, without acknowledging each other, go their separate ways. You thump the carriage door closed; the driver rattles away, returning the vehicle to the Comtesse S----. You are left alone in the empty street. But the message is clear. D'Envers will not wait forever. You need money.
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