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that Englishman who came to challenge me three or four months ago, and whom I killed to stop him bothering me

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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