a book of scoundrels-第23节

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noiseless　and　fatal　sleep。　　Thus　was　he　wont　to　laugh　at　the　police；　deeming　capture　a　plain　impossibility。　　The　traitor；　in　sooth；　was　his　single；　irremediable　fear；　and　if　ever　suspicion　was　aroused　against　a　member　of　the　gang；　that　member　was　put　to　death　with　the　shortest　shrift。

It　happened　in　the　last　year　of　Cartouche's　supremacy　that　a　lily…livered　comrade　fell　in　love　with　a　pretty　dressmaker。　　The　indiscretion　was　the　less　pardonable　since　the　dressmaker　had　a　horror　of　theft；　and　impudently　tried　to　turn　her　lover　from　his　trade。　　Cartouche；　discovering　the　backslider；　resolved　upon　a　public　exhibition。　　Before　the　assembled　band　he　charged　the　miscreant　with　treason；　and；　cutting　his　throat；　disfigured　his　face　beyond　recognition。　　Thereafter　he　pinned　to　the　corse　the　following　inscription；　that　others　might　be　warned　by　so　monstrous　an　example：　　‘Ci　git　Jean　Rebti；　qui　a　eu　le　traitement　qu'il　m