Produced by David Edwards, Christine Aldridge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Stanford University, SUL Books in the Public Domain) Transcriber's Notes: 1. Passages in italics are surrounded by _underscores_. 2. Passages in Gothic Bold are surrounded by +plus+ signs. 3. Other transcription notes appear at the end of this e-text. [Illustration: _Took my head between his hands._ Original Etching by Mercier.] +The Mysteries of Paris.+ _ILLUSTRATED WITH ETCHINGS BY MERCIER, BICKNELL, POITEAU, AND ADRIAN MARCEL._ _BY EUGENE SUE_ _IN SIX VOLUMES_ _VOLUME III._ _PRINTED FOR FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO. BOSTON_ +Edition de Luxe+ _This edition is limited to one thousand copies, of which this is_ No.______ CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE TEMPLE 11 II. THE ARREST 52 III. JACQUES FERRAND 108 IV. THE OFFICE 116 V. THE CLIENTS 137 VI. THE ANONYMOUS LETTER 167 VII. REFLECTIONS 197 VIII. THE BACHELORS' BREAKFAST 211 IX. ST. LAZARE 225 X. MONT SAINT-JEAN 240 XI. LA LOUVE AND LA GOUALEUSE 255 XII. THE PROTECTRESS 285 XIII. THE FORCED FRIENDSHIP 300 XIV. CECILY 313 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE TOOK MY HEAD BETWEEN HIS HANDS _Frontispiece_ DREW CAREFULLY OUT A SHEET OF PAPER 35 MOREL FELL BACK ON THE STOOL 83 HE WILL SCOLD YOU AWFULLY 134 M. D'HARVILLE HAD BLOWN HIS BRAINS OUT 222 LA GOUALEUSE IN THE PRISON 279 THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS. CHAPTER I. THE TEMPLE. To the deep snow which had fallen during the past night had succeeded a very sharp wind, so that the ordinarily muddy pavement was hard and dry, as Rigolette and Rodolph wended onwards to the immense and singular bazar called the Temple, the young girl leaning unceremoniously on the arm of her cavalier, who, on his part, appeared as much at his ease as though they had been old familiar friends. "What a funny old woman Madame Pipelet is!" observed the grisette to her companion; "and what very odd things she says!" "Well, I thought her remarks very striking, as well as appropriate." "Which of them, neighbour?"