| The Count's Millions: (Emile Gaboriau Classics Collection) Contributor(s): Gaboriau, Emile (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508767742 ISBN-13: 9781508767749 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.76 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The servants at the Hotel de Chalusse, one of the most magnificent mansions in the Rue de Courcelles in Paris, were assembled in the porter's lodge, a little building comprising a couple of rooms standing on the right hand side of the great gateway. Here, as in all large mansions, the "concierge" or porter, M. Bourigeau, was a person of immense importance, always able and disposed to make any one who was inclined to doubt his authority, feel it in cruel fashion. As could be easily seen, he held all the other servants in his power. He could let them absent themselves without leave, if he chose, and conceal all returns late at night after the closing of public balls and wine-shops. Thus, it is needless to say that M. Bourigeau and his wife were treated by their fellow-servants with the most servile adulation. |