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L’Affaire Saint-Fiacre first published in France 1931 Published by A. Fayard et Cie 1959 Maigret and the Countess published in England in the volume Maigret Keeps A Rendezvous by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd 1940 This translation first published 1967 Copyright © Librairie Arthème Fayard, 1959 Translation copyright © Robert Baldick, 1967
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