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ing older"—his fierce, challenging eyes swept the trio as if he dared a possible contradiction—"and it is best that you are aware of these accounts, which are relative to the business of the château,"
"He flung back his head—whimpering,"
"Non, non!" chorused all three. "You are as young as ever, papa!"
"Sacre blue! Do you name me a liar, my children? Attend, Pierre!"
"Yes, papa."
"I have work for you this night."
The elder son's forehead wrinkled. "But the work, it is over. Our tasks are completed. The workers have been checked, the last cart is in the shed——"
"This is a special task, one which requires the utmost diligence of you all. It is of the wolf."
"The werewolf!" exclaimed Jacques, crossing himself.
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