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Romance of the French abbeys (1905)

Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams), 1850-1922 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 354

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of the walls between there was aslender tourelle, holding (as I judged fromstudying it from without) a spiral staircase.I could see that it might very easily be ameans of commtmication between Made-moiselles room and the Spaniards, and onewould naturally expect to find a door leadingfrom this… … CHATEAU OF LION-SUR-MER. Mademoiselle de FoUeville 261 chateau. I examined the wall carefully uponthe inside. It was panelled in oak, and feel-ing along the moulding I presently lightedupon a spring which would have released asliding door had it not been firmly nailed upyfrom the staircase side.…

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