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Scan 123
A teacher of the violin and other tales, 1888
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 113. See the scan on archive.org.
1met together, or in the homes where they spoke of this, despair and anguish were soothed into gratitude and trust.
3But gradually as the evening drew on matters became worse. The terrible cannonade, it is true, ceased; but a party of French chasseurs, followed by infantry, occupied the market-place, and the work of plunder was systematically begun. The crash of doors burst in and the shrieks of the inhabitants were heard on every side. At seven o'clock in the summer evening houses were in flames in front of the palace, and the light was so intense that people could read handwriting, both in the palace-court and in the market-place.
5Then, suddenly, a most wonderful thing occurred. The great iron gates of the court-yard, which had remained closed, were thrown open, and a state carriage, gorgeously caparisoned and drawn by six white horses,
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