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"We are making headway with our enquiries and I hope soon to send you the news of our success. This Renaudeau who took over M. Dumas' business in Berlin is, as we thought, at Hamburg. He has seen the consul and declares that he knew your father for many years, going back to the date when he was still living in France. He refuses, for the present, to reveal M. Dumas' real name and antecedents; but I have no doubt that this Renaudeau, who is in a state of the greatest poverty, will yield to certain arguments.

"I think I may safely say, therefore, that my next letter will inform you of the name of your parents and the place at which you were born. ..."