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Baron Hody. Very well, I will go to him," said Cournet.
He got up, dressed himself, brushed his clothes as well as he could, and
asked the landlord, "Where is the Police office?"
"At the Ministry of Justice."
In fact this is the case in Brussels; the police administration forms
part of the Ministry of Justice, an arrangement which does not greatly
raise the police and somewhat lowers justice.
Cournet went there, and was shown into the presence of this personage.
Baron Hody did him the honor to ask him sharply,--
"
Who are you?"
"A refugee," answered Cournet; "I am one of those whom the coup d'état
has driven from Paris.
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Your profession?"
Ex-naval officer."
Ex-naval officer!" exclaimed Baron Hody in a much gentler tone, "did
you know His Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville?"
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