You know that my neighbour, Abbe Miollens, lived a long time in Poland, and has correspondents there.

I begged him to get me information concerning the count--of course, without explaining anything to him.

He reports that Count Abel Larinski is a true count.

His father, the confiscation of the property, the emigration to America, the Isthmus of Panama--all is true; the history is authentic.

Countess Larinski was a saint.