The Nuptials of Corbal by Rafael Sabatini
Half gentleman and half valet, half wolf and half fox, Citizen Chauvinère enters the prison to hear the list of the condemned read to the waiting nobles. Shrinking away from the jailers, Cléonie de Montsorbier learns she has been saved by the infamous Citizen Chauvinère for a fate worse than the guillotine. Following his own designs, he takes her in disguise as his secretary to the provinces. But the fox is not clever enough to escape with his prey, and in a battle of wits he is forced to deal with Cléonie and the Vicomte de Corbal.
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