CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER XXXII. | ||
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M. de Sartines and M. Lenoir—The thieves before the Revolution—The occupation of a lieutenant-general of police—Formerly and now—The dumb pupils of the abbé Sicard and the cutpurses—The death of Cartouche—Robbers formerly agents of police—The voluntary enrolments and colonial battalions—The hump-backed made straight, and the lame made to walk—The celebrated Flambard and the beautiful Jewess—History of a chauffeur become spy; his advancement in the Parisian national guard—It is compatible to be a patriot and a prigger—I trip Gaffré— The best friends in the world—I mistrust myself— Two hours at Saint-Roche—I have no eyes in my pocket—An old man in an embarrassment—The spoils of the faithful—Thief and spy two trades too many —The danger of passing before a corps de garde— Another trip for Gaffré—Goupil takes me for a dentist —An attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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| CHAPTER XXXIII. | ||
| The biter bit—Provocation—Wolves, lambs, and robbers—My profession of faith—The band of Vidocq and the old man of the mountain—No morality in the police— | ||
