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Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris

CHAPTER IV
19/32

Mr.O'Sullivan recently published an account of his expedition to the Prussian headquarters in the _Electeur Libre_.

Because he said that the Prussians were conducting themselves well in the villages they occupied, the editor of the paper has been overwhelmed with letters reviling him for publishing such audacious lies.

Most Frenchmen consider anyone who differs from them to be either a knave or a fool, and they fabricate facts to prove their theories.

An "intelligent young man" published a letter this morning saying that he had escaped from Versailles, and that already 700 girls have been ravished there by the Prussians.

This intelligent young man's tale will be credited, and Mr.O'Sullivan will be disbelieved by nine-tenths of this population.


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