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THE MAN WITH THE BROKEN EAR
[translated from the French edition L'homme à l'oreille cassée, 1862]

by Edmond About

[from U.S. translation, Leypoldt & Holt 1867; repub. Holt 1878]

Chapter

I: 

WHEREIN THEY KILL THE FATTED CALF TO CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF A FRUGAL SON.

II: 

UNPACKING BY CANDLE-LIGHT.

III: 

THE CRIME OF THE LEARNED PROFESSOR MEISER.

IV: 

THE VICTIM.

V: 

DREAMS OF LOVE, AND OTHER DREAMS.

VI: 

A YOUNG GIRL'S CAPRICE.

VII: 

PROFESSOR MEISER'S WILL IN FAVOR OF THE DESICCATED COLONEL.

VIII: 

HOW NICHOLAS MEISER, NEPHEW OF JOHN MEISER, EXECUTED HIS UNCLE'S WILL

IX: 

CONSIDERABLE OF A DISTURBANCE IN FONTAINEBLEAU

X: 

HALLELUJAH!

XI: 

WHEREIN COLONEL FOUGAS LEARNS SOME NEWS WHICH WILL APPEAR OLD TO MY READERS.

XII: 

THE CONVALESCENT'S FIRST MEAL.

XIII: 

HISTORY OF COLONEL FOUGAS, RELATED BY HIMSELF.

XIV: 

THE GAME OF LOVE AND WAR.

XV: 

IN WHICH THE READER WILL SEE THAT IT IS NOT FAR FROM THE CAPITAL TO THE TARPEIAN ROCK.

XVI: 

THE MEMORABLE INTERVIEW BETWEEN COLONEL FOUGAS AND HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.

XVII: 

WHEREIN HERR NICHOLAS MEISER, ONE OF THE SOLID MEN OF DANTZIC, RECEIVES AN UNWELCOME VISIT.

XVIII: 

THE COLONEL TRIES TO RELIEVE HIMSELF OF A MILLION WHICH INCUMBERS HIM.

XIX: 

HE SEEKS AND BESTOWS THE HAND OF CLEMENTINE.

XX: 

A THUNDERBOLT FROM A CLEAR SKY.

(Prepared by Patricia Teter)