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THE HOST, WHO WAS NOT ENDOWED WITH GREAT PERSPICACITY, DID NOT OBSERVE THE EXPRESSION WHICH HIS WORDS HAD GIVEN TO THE PHYSIOGNOMY OF THE STRANGER. "YES; BUT AT THAT PERIOD WE WERE NOT AT WAR. AT THAT PERIOD BUCKINGHAM WAS AN ALLY, AND NOT AN ENEMY. WHAT YOU WOULD NOW DO AMOUNTS TO TREASON." SATISFIED WITH THIS DISCOVERY WHICH CONFIRMED ALL HIS SUSPICIONS, ATHOS RETURNED TO THE HOTEL, AND FOUND PLANCHET IMPATIENTLY WAITING FOR HIM. THE DISCOVERY OF A COMPLETELY UNKNOWN MANUSCRIPT AT A PERIOD IN WHICH HISTORICAL SCIENCE IS CARRIED TO SUCH A HIGH DEGREE APPEARED ALMOST MIRACULOUS.