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The heads of Volmar and Cosmo were exposed on one of the turrets of the city. That of Maulde was interred with his body. The Earl was indignant when he heard of the event. As there had been no written proof of his complicity in the conspiracy, the judges had thought it improper to mention his name in the sentences.
After the first stunning effect of this outbreak of the elements had passed, everybody rushed to the windows to look out everybody except Cosmo Versal, who remained standing in the center of the room. "I told you!" he said; but nobody listened to him. What they saw outside absorbed every faculty. The noise was so stunning that they could not have heard him.
The law in those days thought, and thought justly, that a desire to which an actual form was given should be regarded as a crime of lese majeste. Charles IX. demanded the death of Ruggiero; Catherine, more powerful than her son, obtained from the Parliament, through the young counsellor, Lecamus, a commutation of the sentence, and Cosmo was sent to the galleys.
But he had a curious look, almost as if he were a little ashamed of himself as if he had only been teasing the young fellow, and thought perhaps he had gone too far. For Cosmo, in such peace was his heart, that he was not even angry with the man.
But such things even he is capable of employing his fancy upon, and it would be a pity to prevent him from doing what he can. I will close my book with a little poem that Cosmo wrote not that night, but soon after. The poet may, in the height of joy, give out an extempore flash or two, but he writes no poem then. The joy must have begun to be garnered, before the soul can sing about it.
And there she was, gathering behind Cosmo, as two years ago! The instant she was free, Aggie set out for home, not having exchanged a word with Cosmo, but intending to linger on the way in the hope of his overtaking her.
The Prefect of Police turned to the solicitor and asked: "Have I summed up the facts correctly, Maître Lepertuis?" "Absolutely, Monsieur le Préfet." M. Desmalions continued: "The next morning, Maître Lepertuis called here and, for reasons which you will understand when you have heard the document read, showed me Cosmo Mornington's will, which had been placed in his hands."
Cosmo brought the bundle of papers, and his father handed him one of them, saying, "This narrative was written by a brother of your mother's.
Here Aggie shook her head in unbelief, but Cosmo went on. "And those women, some of them anyhow, were rich, and proud to do what they did for the best and grandest of men. But what have we done for the world that we should dare look to it to help us?" "For that maitter, Cosmo, are na we a' brithers an' sisters? A' body's brithers an' sisters wi' a' body.
The great God protec' 's frae his ain gifts! Wi'oot him they're ten times waur nor ony wiles o' the deevil's ain. But I'll pray, Cosmo; I'll pray." The real might of temptation is in the lower and seemingly nearer loveliness as against the higher and seemingly farther. Cosmo went back to his work.
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