Word: rouen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...During one of the many winters I spent in Paris, I had occasion to go to Rouen, partly for pleasure and partly on business. The depth of winter is never a pleasant time to travel, and especially is it a dreary task in the French railways. My only companion in the carriage was a fine-looking middle-aged man, who had all the appearance not only of a gentleman, but of an aristocrat, and who, after learning that I was an Englishman, conversed most fluently and delightfully in my own tongue during the whole of our long ride. Just before...
...There were several months before my trial, and during that time the case was very thoroughly worked up, both by the government and at my own expense. Thinking that it could all be easily explained if I saw Dr. De Beauville, I went to his house in Rouen with two witnesses. What was my amazement to be ushered into the presence of a man I had never seen before! It then all flashed across me: I had been the tool of a very cunning criminal...