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A year after Louis XVIII.’s restoration, a visit was made by the inspector-general of prisons.
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A year after Louis XVIII.’s restoration, a visit was made by the inspector-general of prisons. Dantès in his cell heard the noise of preparation,—sounds that at the depth where he lay would have been inaudible to any but the ear of a prisoner, who could hear the splash
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A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
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A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
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From this reading preparation,—sounds that at the depth where he lay would have been
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From this reading A year after Louis XVIII.’s restoration, a visit was made by the
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