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The Fortune of the Rougons

CHAPTER IV
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You see I've got blood on me.

I believe I've killed a gendarme." "You've killed a gendarme ?" Aunt Dide repeated in a strange voice.
Her eyes gleamed brightly as she fixed them on the red stains.

And suddenly she turned towards the chimney-piece.

"You've taken the gun," she said; "where's the gun ?" Silvere, who had left the weapon with Miette, swore to her that it was quite safe.

And for the very first time, Adelaide made an allusion to the smuggler Macquart in her grandson's presence.
"You'll bring the gun back?
You promise me!" she said with singular energy.


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