Nigel Carrington

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3,086 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 7 Aug

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I packed up my things and locked my portmanteau, and asked my host to take great care of it when I paid my bill and

And to let me have it when the siege was over.

But monsieur, you cannot possibly pass the Prussian lines.

They will not let anyone through.

I assure you, not even an Englishman.

You will be shot, monsieur.

I cannot tell you how I can get out, but

But a friend says he will manage it.

And as he is a very clever fellow, I am too glad to believe him.

Perhaps it may be by a balloon.

But there will not be any balloon going for three days.

Well, I must be off.

So please take care of my portmanteau, and I trust you will be spared in this terrible siege.

Oh, monsieur.

C'est vraiment terrible.

said mine host.

I went off bidding goodbye with a light purse which

Hardly enough left for my journey to England.

I hurried on to seventeen Rue Sobis in Montmartre, where I knew Priscilla lived.

In answer to the concierge, I was directed to the fourth etarge, where

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