"Two Frenchmen, one of whom, however, gives the name of SMITH,
are in custody, charged with the commission of several
burglaries in the suburbs of the Metropolis."
You would have liked to hear one of the Frenchmen give the name of
SMITH. His tongue, surely, betrayed him. M. VAURIEN, or whatever his
real name was, of course, in attempting to give the name of SMITH, gave
that of SMEET or SMIS. Give the name of SMITH, indeed! A Frenchman might
as well try to give the password of Shibboleth.
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