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Página 58
... Madame Volney , to whom Mr. Winslow had com- mended me . I went and found in the servant who opened the door an old acquaintance , Esha , whom years ago you sought for in vain . She was here keeping watch over a white slave . " And who ...
... Madame Volney , to whom Mr. Winslow had com- mended me . I went and found in the servant who opened the door an old acquaintance , Esha , whom years ago you sought for in vain . She was here keeping watch over a white slave . " And who ...
Página 60
... Madame Volney's consent to bring Bender to the house . After he had showed her his wonderful powers of thought - reading , we put the hand of the white slave in his , and bade him tell us her name . He wrote with great rapidity , Clara ...
... Madame Volney's consent to bring Bender to the house . After he had showed her his wonderful powers of thought - reading , we put the hand of the white slave in his , and bade him tell us her name . He wrote with great rapidity , Clara ...
Página 61
... down to the recent confession of Quattles , and my own search for Colonel De Lancy Hyde . All my little group of hearers - Madame Volney , Esha , and Clara- were deeply interested , as you may suppose , in COMPARING NOTES . 61.
... down to the recent confession of Quattles , and my own search for Colonel De Lancy Hyde . All my little group of hearers - Madame Volney , Esha , and Clara- were deeply interested , as you may suppose , in COMPARING NOTES . 61.
Página 62
... Madame Volney . By pretending that I am her half - brother , Esha enables me to come and go unsuspected . The medium , Bender , was intro- duced as a chiropodist . Clara never goes out without a driver and footman , who are agents and ...
... Madame Volney . By pretending that I am her half - brother , Esha enables me to come and go unsuspected . The medium , Bender , was intro- duced as a chiropodist . Clara never goes out without a driver and footman , who are agents and ...
Página 64
... Madame Volney does not scruple to resort to all the stratagems justifiable in war to get information from the enemy . Mr. Semmes is an old fox , but not so cunning as to guard against an inspection of his papers by means of duplicate ...
... Madame Volney does not scruple to resort to all the stratagems justifiable in war to get information from the enemy . Mr. Semmes is an old fox , but not so cunning as to guard against an inspection of his papers by means of duplicate ...
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