Jefferson Auguste, Comte d'Escrignon, only son of Nicolas and Loretta Ann Potter of Ridgeville, Connecticut in French Leave; a writer living on the Rue Jacob, Paris. A striking-looking man with a humorous mouth, quick brown eyes, strong chin, and a scar on his cheek acquired when he fought with the Maquis. Tall, dark, and wiry, falls in love with Terry Trent.

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