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"AND so, Monsieur de Marolles," said the Marquis, as Raymond closed the door on the group in the hall, and the two gentlemen were left entirely alone, "and so you have -- by what means I shall certainly not so far inconvenience myself as to endeavour to guess -- contrived to become informed of some of the antecedents of your very humble servant?"
"Of some of the antecedents -- why not say of all the antecedents, Monsieur de Cevennes?"