EBOOK MONSIEUR VIOLET ***
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THE
TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES
OF
MONSIEUR VIOLET
IN
_California, Sonora, and Western Texas_
BY
CAPTAIN MARRYAT
AUTHOR OF "KING'S OWN," "PACHA OF MANY TALES," "VALERIE," "SETTLERS
IN CANADA," "MASTERMAN READY," "POOR JACK," ETC., ETC.
_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS
LONDON: BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL
NEW YORK: 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE
[Illustration: "Spying through an opera-glass at the majestic animals
which he could not approach."]
TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES
OF
MONSIEUR VIOLET
CHAPTER I.
The Revolution of 1830, which deprived Charles the Tenth of the throne
of France, like all other great and sudden changes, proved the ruin of
many individuals, more especially of many ancient families who were
attached to the Court, and who would not desert the exiled monarch in
his adversity. Among the few who were permitted to share his fortunes
was my father, a noble gentleman of Burgundy, who at a former period and
during a former exile, had proved his unchangeable faith and attachment
to the legitimate owners of the crown of France.
The ancient royal residence of Holyrood having been offered, as a
retreat, to his unhappy master, my father bade an eternal adieu to his
country; and with me, his only son, then but nine years of age, followed
in the suite of the monarch, and established himself in Edinburgh.
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