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A beautiful
letter, is it not, gentlemen? One for which you could not have been too
grateful,—if only it had been true! But in fact he wrote it to
deceive, when he had no expectation of an armistice; but when he had got his
armistice,—read what he did then.“
Letter
”So, after the gentleman who undertook to
recover our lost fortresses had passed the straits, the governor of Crithote
informs us that our remaining possessions are in greater danger than
ever.—Show me another letter, and then read a bit of it.“
Letter
”Read a passage from another.“
Letter
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