| The Clique Of Gold Contributor(s): Gaboriau, Emile (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162691026 ISBN-13: 9781162691022 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.93 lbs) 514 pages |
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| Publisher Description: I can find no words to convey to you the exaggerated expressions of his gratitude. He refused to shake hands with M. Elgin, he said, because he was no longer worthy of such honor. He spoke of nothing but of his devotion unto death. It is true M. Elgin carried his generosity to an extreme. He, a model of honesty, who would have starved to death rather than touch the gold intrusted to his care, --he consoled Malgat, finding all kinds of apology for him, telling him, that, after all, he was not so very much to blame, that there were temptations too strong to be resisted, and repeating even those paradoxical principles which have been specially invented as an apology for thieves |