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MADEMOISELLE OF MONTE CARLO
BY
WILLIAM LE QUEUX
1921
MADEMOISELLE OF MONTE CARLO
FIRST CHAPTER
THE SUICIDE'S CHAIR
"Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! /It's the same woman!/" whispered the
tall, good-looking young Englishman in a well-cut navy suit as he
stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one
of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on
entering the room--that one known to habitual gamblers as "The
Suicide's Table."
"Are you quite certain?" asked his friend.
"Positive. I should know her again anywhere."
"She's very handsome. And look, too, by Jove!--how she is winning!"
"Yes. But let's get away. She might recognize me," exclaimed the
younger man anxiously. "Ah! If I could only induce her to disclose
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