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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: only exercised their vocation when political or social inter-
ests were at stake. In a word, they made what has been
for some years called "the great political and military re-
ports."
It will be seen, in following them, that they had generally
an independent mode of viewing events, and, above all, their
consequences, each having his own way of observing and
appreciating.
The French correspondent was named Alcide Jolivet.
Harry Blount was the name of the Englishman. They
had just met for the first time at this fete in the New Palace,
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