THE

CELEBRATED FRENCH ROBBER.

BY

R. B. PEAKE.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

"Some authors in the vain attempt to be cutting and dry, give us
only that which is cut and dried."-LACON.

LONDON:

HUGH CUNNINGHAM, 193, STRAND.

1844.

Aird and Burstall, Printers, 2, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden.

THE

ADVENTURES OF CARTOUCHE

CHAPTER XI.

INIGO RELATES HIS HISTORY-TAKES TO THE STAGE-IS ON
THE ROAD TO FAME AND FORTUNE-IS STOPPED IN HIS
SUCCESSFUL CAREER BY AN UNFORESEEN EVENT-THE
TENDER MERCIES OF THE
HOLY INQUISITION-INIGO BE-
COMES BY TURNS A BALLAD-SINGER-AN APOTHECARY-
A LOVER-AND AN OUTCAST.

THE Confederates finding themselves securely housed in the premises so ingeniously contrived by Monsieur Thibault au Dé, discovered fresh charms in the conversation of each other. Madame was sprightly, and sang to perfection: perhaps the poetry of the verses she occasionally warbled was of a more romantic nature than a higher refined taste would have selected;

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