Copyright 1903 by G. Barrie & Sons
A PREMEDITATED COLLISION
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Frédéric looked up and recognized Dubourg; he was on the point oflaughing outright, when his friend forestalled him by running towardhim, exclaiming:
"I cannot be mistaken! What a fortunate meeting! It surely is MonsieurFrédéric de Montreville!"
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The theatres had long since dismissed their audiences, the shops wereclosed, and the cafés were closing. Passers-by were becoming more andmore infrequent, the cabs moved more rapidly, the street lights wereburning, and the gas in the houses was disappearing; the streets ofParis, like the inhabitants thereof, were about to enjoy their briefhour of repose.
But repose, like fine weather, is never universal: when we are enjoying