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• Of course, from the very moment when the baron was arrested, the entire scandal, that is to say the existence of a conspiracy for the writing and distribution of anonymous letters, became public, and served to furnish material for articles both in the German and the foreign press on the alleged moral rottenness of the Court of Berlin. —  The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I
• Fortunately for the baron, the King of Denmark was, before his accession to the throne, an officer of the German army, and as such was disposed to regard with the utmost leniency the offence for which his excellency was condemned to imprisonment. —  The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I
• The liqour baron is then expected to return the items to the Government of India.
• Here is Hubert Falco, a regional party baron from the French south, and junior minister, telling Le Figaro: —  The Economist: Correspondent's diary
• I have nothing further to say to you In the middle of the yard, and right in his path, some children were standing around the kennel of the dog Mirza, their attention concentrated on something which the baron was also carefully considering as he stood in their midst with his hands behind his back, looking like a schoolmaster Do come and see me again, Monsieur l'abbι," pleaded Jeanne. —  The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) Une Vie and Other Stories

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