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Rh not, however, without walking back several times to the door of the printing-office.

Whilst Albert was lashing the front of his chariot in the same manner that he had done to the newspapers which were the innocent agents

of his discomfiture, as he was crossing the barrier he perceived Morrel, who was walking with a quick step and a bright eye. He was passing the Chinese Baths, and appeared to have come from the direction of the Porte Saint-Martin, and to be going toward the Magdalen.

"Ah," said Morcerf, "there goes a happy man!" And Albert was not mistaken in his opinion.