...nettling his victim by a gaze of stagy admiration. "'Sans peur et sans reproche'—and yet you disappoint me. Is it for naught, that I have sallied forth from home, drawing the curtains of my carriage to shield me from the gazing crowd? It was to rescue my friend—my vicar—my coadjutor—my ... — The Grandissimes • George Washington Cable
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