"You have had an extraordinary career," I ventured.
"Yes," he replied, "it has been a life of action and I may say of
suffering. Permit me to show you the certificate of my general that what
I have told you is accurate."
And De Nevers unfolded from his pocket a document, bearing a seal of the
French Ministry of War, which read as follows:
REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE
CABINET DU MINISTERE
No. 195
PARIS, _October 24, 1901._
_To Whom It May Concern_:
I, George Andre, General of Division of Engineers, Minister of War
of the French Republic, certify that the Lieutenant Colonel Charles
Jules Comte Francois de Nevers, is connected with the French Army,
since the 10th day of September, 1877, and that the following is a
true copy of his record:
Born in Paris the 10th of June, 1859.
Graduated, Bachelor of Sciences and of Letters, from the Lycee,
Louis le Grand, the 5th of August, 1877.
Received first as Chief of Promotion of the National Polytechnic
School of France, the 10th of September, 1877.
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