Memoirs of Vidocq, the Principal Agent of the French PoliceT.B. Peterson, 1859 - 580 Seiten |
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Seite 399 - Well, it is a happiness you will soon enjoy ; for Noel has made arrangements for an escape, and is now only awaiting the propitious moment.' Madame Noel was happy in the expectation of seeing her son, and shed tears of tenderness at the very thoughts of it. In the course of conversation, Mother Noel asked me if I had any affair (plan of robbery) in contemplation ; and after having offered to procure me one, in case I was not provided, she questioned me on my skill in fabricating keys. I told her...
Seite 402 - ... intimacy. Mother Noel then gave me a very useful warning, when she informed me that Mongenet's sister was a very frequent visitor at her house. From thenceforward I resolved that this female should never catch a glimpse of my countenance ; and to avoid meeting with her, whenever I visited Madame Noel, I sent my pretended brother-in-law first, who, when she was not there, had instructions to let me know it, by sticking a wafer on the window. At this signal I entered, and my aide-de-camp betook...
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Seite 404 - ... day, had all her goods taken away ; and when this had been effected, went out without closing her door, and returned, crying out that she had been robbed. The neighbors were made witnesses, a declaration was made before a commissary, and Mother Noel pointed me out as the thief ; because, she said, I had a key of her apartments. The accusation was a grave one, and she was instantly sent to the prefecture of police, and the next day I received the information. My justification was not difficult,...
Seite 426 - Where in a corner out of the way ; " To her ken at once I go in, Where in a corner, out of the way, With his smeller (13), a trumpet blowing, Tol lol, &c.
Seite 352 - I strained every nerve, and drew him nearly out of the window through which we were struggling: one more trial and the victory was mine; but in the earnestness of my grasp we both rolled on the passage floor, on to which I had pulled him: to rise, snatch from his hands the shoemaker's cutting-knife with which he had armed himself, to bind him and lead him out of the house, was the work of an instant. Accompanied only by Annette, I conducted him to the prefecture, where I received the congratulations...
Seite 403 - I might fall suddenly among a gang of fugitives, or some of the galley-slaves might recognize and attack me, and then a blow of my fist against a square of glass in the window was the signal which was to denote my need of assistance, to equalize the contending parties. Thus were my schemes concerted, and the finale was at hand. It was on Tuesday, and a letter from the men I was in quest of, announced their intended arrival on the Friday following; a day which I intended should be for them a black...
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Seite 398 - is a bed in which your friends have slept three or four times; and you need not fear that the police will hunt you out; you may sleep secure as a dormouse.