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THE DISCOVERY OF A COMPLETELY UNKNOWN MANUSCRIPT AT A PERIOD IN WHICH HISTORICAL SCIENCE IS CARRIED TO SUCH A HIGH DEGREE APPEARED ALMOST MIRACULOUS. THE LAST TWO MOUNTED GUARD AT THE DOOR DURING THIS EXAMINATION; THEN, WHEN ALL WAS OVER, THEY WENT AWAY, LEAVING THE HOUSE EMPTY AND EXPOSED." THE EIGHT OARS FELL AT ONCE INTO THE SEA, MAKING BUT A SINGLE SOUND, GIVING BUT A SINGLE STROKE, AND THE BOAT SEEMED TO FLY OVER THE SURFACE OF THE WATER. "I HAVE NO OBJECTION," REPLIED M. DE LA TREMOUILLE, "BUT I WARN YOU THAT I AM WELL INFORMED, AND ALL THE FAULT IS WITH YOUR MUSKETEERS."