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Mur side, in order to attempt to catch a glimpse through the
gaps. Impossible! One even went so far as to thrust her arm
through the grating, and to wave her white handkerchief.
Two were still bolder. They found means to climb on a roof,
and risked their lives there, and succeeded at last in seeing
‘the young man.’ He was an old emigre gentleman, blind
and penniless, who was playing his flute in his attic, in or-
der to pass the time.