XIII.--WHERE IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT A WOMAN NEVER SPEAKS MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN WHEN SHE HOLDS HER TONGUE 67 Although the introductory chapters were not signed until May 31st, 1856, _The Wolf-Leader_ is to be associated in conception with the group of romances which Dumas wrote at Brussels between the years 1852 and 1854, that is to say, after his financial failure and the consequent defection of his collaborator Maquet, and before his return to Paris to found his journal _Le Mousquetaire_. Like _Conscience l’Innocent_ and _Catherine Blum_, which date from that period of exile, the present story was inspired by reminiscences of our author’s native place--Villers-Cotterets, in the department …
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