Volume 1, Chapter 27: The Story

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌⁠First, sir,” said Caderousse, “you must make me a promise.”

“What is that?” inquired the abbé.

“Why, if you ever make use of the details I am about to give you, that you will never let anyone know that it was I who supplied them; for the persons of whom I am about to talk are rich and powerful, and if they only laid the tips of their fingers on me, I should break to pieces like glass.”

“Make yourself