’
Gerald raised his brows. At length, about an hour before dawn on the second day—Sunday—having spent
the early part of the night in watching at the gates of the robbers' sanctuary, and
being almost exhausted from want of rest, she set out homewards. "
Before proceeding with his task, he considered whether it would be possible to
barricade the door; but, reflecting that the bar would be an indispensable
assistant in his further efforts, he abandoned the idea, and determined to rely
implicitly on that good fortune which had hitherto attended him on similar
occasions. “Was it really only this afternoon that I met you in
St. ” The
doors at the other end of the hall opened. ”
“You would let him—knowing—all that you know?”
“Why not? She is my flesh and blood. ’
‘I also said, if you remember, that I could not promise not to do so. ’
‘Pah! How can it be romantic? That is silly. Plots were hatched in the provinces,
where many of the old and wealthy Catholic families resided, whose zeal for the
martyr of their religion (as the Chevalier was esteemed), sharpened by the
persecutions they themselves endured, rendered them hearty and efficient allies. ”
“I shall always be grateful to you,” he declared. It was Sunday evening—a soft delicious evening, and, from the happy, cheerful
look of the house, none would have dreamed of the dismal tragedy so lately
acted within its walls. In Paris, in July,
a raging mob had stormed the Bastille, provoking circumspect aristocrats to
uproot themselves and take refuge abroad.
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