ABSTRACT

Early on the following morning Monsieur de Sevrac, accompanied by the Abbéa Le Blanc, repaired to the house of the artisan to whom he had offered the ring for sale. On their arrival, the first person they beheld, was the young man, whom the Marquis instantly recognized to be the same that had presented the packet, containing the purse with the twenty louis d’ors. Monsieur de Sevrac examined his features with earnest attention, and discovered, in his unknown benefactor, the invalid whom he had left in so perilous a situation at Bologna: strong emotions of surprise and curiosity took possession of his mind, and he stood for some minutes looking at the stranger without uttering a syllable.