H. Piffard provided the illustrations.
Minor spelling inconsistencies (e.g. riding-habit/riding habit, wax
lights/wax-lights, etc.) have been preserved.
Alterations to the text:
Convert the footnote to an endnote.
Fix a few quotation mark pairings.
Change three instances of _Eugene_ to _Eugène_.
[II]
Change (“I tell you that five of _Sartine’s_ men are there”) to
_Sartines’_.
“had supped well, as he always did at the Hôtel _Beutreillis_” to
_Beautreillis_.
“_Bénôit_, who was said to be the finest swordsman in Paris” to
_Bénoît_.
“It was nearly five _o’cloek_ in the evening when he set out” to
_o’clock_.
[III]
“What has my daughter to do with the _Conceirgerie_” to _Conciergerie_.
[IV]
(image caption) “If yon Rogues are not _Foopads_, put me in the
Pillory” to _Footpads_.
“Even the learned were gross in _superstitution_ in the middle” to
_superstition_.
[VII]
“driven through the gateway of the Hôtel _Beautreilles_” to
_Beautreillis_.
[VIII]
“seized a flagon of wine and brought it crash upon the head of” add
_with a_ after _it_.
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