Penny Blood Serial Cover — page 53: what you’re looking at

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ALFRED DE ROSANN. . 45 seemed to defy the ravages of time, and despise the centuries which had already passed over their heads, frowned above the myriads of dwellings around them, and raised their parapets to heaven like two Goliaths in the midst of a mighty army. Nor less did the beams of that morning sun irradiate the summit of St. Genevieve,* within whose vaults repose the ashes of heroes, of philosophers, and of statesmen. The pinnacles of St. Sulpice, the Sorbonne, and the Uni- . versity caught those gladdening rays ; the-sepulchres of Pere La Chaise on one side, and the tall buildings of Montmartre on the other, closed in the northern direction this panoramic view of Paris. Tears stood in Alfred De Rosann’s eyes, as the chain once more resumed its march, and as the gay picture of the French metropolis faded from his sight. He had indulged in the pleasures of that metro- polis—he had tasted of the sweets collected so pro- fusely in that hive of luxury and delight—he had shone in the most brilliant circles of fashion—he had mingled with the nobles of France at the splendid court of the royal Charles—and now, what was he? —a degraded outcast! ‘Qh !’’ thought he, as he cast a sickening look on his companions, “ that the name of De Rosann should ever be thus disgraced! Oh! that the grave did not sooner close over me, before those accursed fetters should have stamped my infamy, and entered into my soul! la Motte! La Motte ! — could’st thou but now see him who put his confidence in thee, and whom thy villany has brought to shame !7’ -“ You are melancholy, my friend,’’ said the indi- vidual to whom he was attached by the ignominious | bond; “cheer up your spirits, and don’t let the others see you take it thus to heart, or by the eternal ‘God !”? he added with a peculiar emphasis, “ it will cost you your life 427 | * Now called the Pantheon. GOMIGDOO S