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terrible was it; all eyes were turned to the point whence it
had proceeded. A man, placed among the privileged specta-
tors who were seated behind the court, had just risen, had
pushed open the half-door which separated the tribunal from
the audience, and was standing in the middle of the hall;
the President, the district-attorney, M. Bamatabois, twenty
persons, recognized him, and exclaimed in concert:—
‘M. Madeleine!’

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