Sanvergogne: What I Learned In The Foreign Legion

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My visit to Sanvergogne had not produced the results I anticipated. Just the opposite! I expected him to help me establish that the Baron Armand de Valfort could have been murdered, and instead, he had proved that this eventuality was not a likelihood, unless someone had the power to walk through the walls of a hermetically closed room. It was, indeed, a setback, but one of my essential attributes being resiliency, such unfortunate turn of events did not discourage me. I had also learned in the Foreign Legion that victory often comes after a defeat, provided one doesn’t give up. I respected Sanvergogne’s opinion because I trusted him, and his arguments were backed up by irrefutable facts and logic. What was I supposed to do now, with all

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