Excerpt from Meine Reise nach den Strafkolonien
Welche Eindrücke, welche bizarren Erlebnisse werden mir die nächsten Wochen bringen? Mit welchen Zelebritäten der Pariser Boulevards und mit welchen gefallenen Größen der Pariser Salons werde ich auf jener Toteninsel ein gewissermaßen posthumes Stelldichein feiern?
Mein Gespräch mit Letat, der Neukaledonien wie seine Aktentasche kannte, und der mir an diesem Abend als willkommene Auskunftei erschien, hatte naturgemäß denselben Inhalt wie das erste Interview des französischen Weltreisenden Carol im „bagne.
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