Arthur (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Arthur A strange chance put me in possession of this journal. I had established myself for several months in a central city in one of our southern departments, whose hire is bathed by the Mediterranean, and I was desirous of purchasing a country place in that marvellously picturesque land. I had already looked at several pieces of property when, one day, the notary, who had been giving me some necessary directions for one of my explorations, said to me: "I have just received notice that at about eight leagues from here, in one of the most beautiful situations in the world, neither too far nor too near to the sea, there is a country house for sale. I know nothing of it whatever, but if you would like to see it, monsieur, here are the precise directions how to find it. You will have to arrange the affair with the curé of the village of - ." "What!" said I. "with the curé? You don't suppose that it is the presbytery that is for sale?" "I know nothing about it, " answered the lawyer, "but, judging from the high price that they ask, I hardly think it can be a parsonage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.