At the end of it Count Octave said:
“Strange creature! When one considers that she had the four diamonds in her pocket, that is to say ten or twelve million francs, and that it would have been so easy for her to say nothing and keep them.”
But the young men did not take up this train of thought. For them Dorothy was the very spirit of happiness. And happiness was going away.
Raoul looked at his watch and beckoned to them to come with him. He led them to the highest point of the Hillocks.
On the horizon, on a white road which ran upwards among the meadows, the caravan was moving. Three boys walked beside One-eyed Magpie. Saint-Quentin was leading him.
Behind, all alone, Dorothy—Princess of Argonne and ropedancer.
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The Secret Tomb
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