A Joyous Adventure
by Emma Orczy
It's not a "Red Acne" novel, it's a novel set in the same universe. Excerpt: This interview took place in May 1800. A few months later, half a dozen people gathered at a bargaining table in a low-whitewashed room of _Cabaret du Pélican, a lonely house standing at the far end of rural Soulanges Street. They ate bread and cheese and drank cider. The room was given to the cabaret side door. He was naked outside the table, with a rickety bench or two, an old-fashioned clock on the wall. In the corner closest to the door, a series of rifles, sticks and knitting were supported. On the table, in cans, a bulging pair of long candles sconces._
