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The Grey Cloak

CHAPTER XI
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And who among us shall look upon France again in the days to come?
It is a long way from the Candlestick in Paris to the deck of the Saint Laurent.

The widest stretch of fancy would not have brought us together again.

There is, then, some invisible hand that guides us surely and certainly to our various ends, as the English poet says." The Chevalier was speaking to a thought rather than to Brother Jacques.

"Who among us shall look upon these shores again ?" "What about these shores, Paul ?" asked Victor, coming up.

"They are not very engaging just now." "But it is France, Victor; it is France; and from any part of France Paris may be reached." He turned his face toward the north, in the direction of Paris.


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