 Just as the brother and sister were rising from the table there was a knock at the door. " Come in," said the bishop. The door opened. A strange, fierce group appeared on the threshold. Three men were holding a fourth by the collar. The three men were...  Les Miserables - Page 26by Victor Hugo - 1862 - 585 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Victor Hugo - Ex-convicts - 1863 - 824 pages
...there was a knock at the door. ' Come in,' said the Bishop. The door opened. A strange, fierce croup appeared on the threshold. Three men were holding...collar. The three men were gendarmes; the fourth Jean Valjcan. A brigadier of gendarmes, who api fared to head the group, was near the d'-or. Ha advanced... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 1864 - 534 pages
...there was a knock at the door. " Come in," said the Bishop. The door opened, and a strange and violent group appeared on the threshold. Three men were holding...the collar. The three men were gendarmes, the fourth was Jean Valjean. A corporal, who apparently commanded the party, came in and walked up to the Bishop... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 544 pages
..."Was there ever such an idea?" said Madame Magloire to herself as she went backward and forward. " To take in a man like that, and to give him a bed...to head the group, was near the door. He advanced toward the bishop, giving a military salute. " Monseigneur," said he. At this word Jean Valjean, who... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 1895 - 406 pages
...there was a knock at the door. " Come in," said the bishop. The door opened, and a strange and violent group appeared on the threshold. Three men were holding...the collar. The three men were gendarmes, the fourth was Jean Valjean. A brigadier of gendarmes, who apparently commanded the party, was near the door.... | |
 | Cora Marsland - Readers - 1902 - 270 pages
...it is stolen, and that man who came last night is the robber." A strange and violent group appeared. Three men were holding a fourth by the collar. The three men were gendarmes, the fourth was Jean Valjean. A corporal, who apparently commanded the party, came in and walked up to the bishop... | |
 | Charles Wesley Emerson - Elocution - 1905 - 142 pages
...that troubles your mind. Well, I do not know where that is." 12. A strange and violent group appeared. Three men were holding a fourth by the collar. The three men were gendarmes, the fourth was Jean Valjean. A corporal, who apparently commanded the party, came in and walked up to the bishop... | |
 | Elocution - 1905 - 304 pages
...there was a knock at the door. " Come in," said the Bishop. The door opened and a strange and violent group appeared on the threshold. Three men were holding a fourth by the collar — the fourth was Jean Valjean. Monsiegneur had advanced as rapidly as his great age permitted, saying: "... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1906 - 604 pages
...there was a knock at the door. "Come in," said the Bishop. The door opened and a strange and violent group appeared on the threshold. Three men were holding a fourth by the collar — the fourth was Jean Valjean. Monseigneur had advanced as rapidly as his great age permitted, saying: "Ah,... | |
 | Readers - 1906 - 334 pages
...there was a knock at the door. "Come in," said the Bishop. The door opened and a strange and violent group appeared on the threshold. Three men were holding a fourth by the collar — the fourth was Jean Valjean. Monseigneur had advanced as rapidly as his great age permitted, saying: "Ah,... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Elocution - 1906 - 576 pages
...person? Evidently a poor man." "Come in," said the Bishop. The door opened and a strange and violent group appeared on the threshold. Three men were holding a fourth by the collar—the fourth was Jean Valjean. Monseigneur had advanced as rapidly as his great age permitted,... | |
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