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Duroy thought the matter had terminated with a letter of apology; his heart gave a bound and he stammered: "Ah thank you!" Rival continued: "M. Langremont has accepted every condition. Twenty-five paces, fire when the pistol is leveled and the order given." Then he added: "Now let us lunch; it is past twelve o'clock." They repaired to a neighboring restaurant. Duroy was silent.

The following morning, when they had drunk the tea placed upon the table in their room, Duroy clasped his wife in his arms and said: "My little Made, I feel that I love you very, very much." She smiled trustfully and murmured as she returned his kisses: "I love you too a little." The visit to his parents worried Georges, although he had prepared his wife.

Bruteman ascertained that Madame and the Signor had left the country, he at once conjectured that the fugitive was with them. Having heard that Mr. Duroy was a relative, he waited upon him, at his place of business, and was informed that Rosabella Royal had sailed for France, with his cousin, in the ship Mermaid.

When he reached the street, Duroy decided that it was rather early to present himself at his friend's house, so he strolled along under the trees on one of the boulevards for a time. On arriving at Forestier's door, he found his friend going out. "You here at this hour! Can I do anything for you?" Duroy stammered in confusion: "I I cannot write that article on Algeria that M. Walter wants.

Mme. Walter noticed that Duroy said nothing, that no one addressed him, that he seemed disconcerted, and she drew him into the conversation which dealt with the admission of a certain M. Linet to the Academy. When Duroy had taken his leave, one of the ladies said: "How odd he is! Who is he?" Mme.

The result of it was shown in the arrest and imprisonment of Signor Papanti, and a vigilant search for Madame Guirlande. Her cousin, Mr. Duroy, declared that he had been requested to take care of her apartments for a few weeks, as she was obliged to go to New York on business; that she took her young lady boarders with her, and that was all he knew.

When my time was up, I came hither to make my fortune, or rather to live in Paris and for six months I have been employed in a railroad office at fifteen hundred francs a year." Forestier murmured: "That is not very much." "But what can I do?" answered Duroy. "I am alone, I know no one, I have no recommendations. The spirit is not lacking, but the means are."

Duroy himself was almost asleep when he felt a presentiment that something was about to happen. He opened his eyes just in time to see Forestier close his. He coughed slightly, and two streams of blood issued from the corners of his mouth and flowed upon his night robe; his hands ceased their perpetual motion; he had breathed his last.

Duroy opened it and read: "Come at five o'clock to Rue de Constantinople, No. 127. Ask for the room rented by Mme. Duroy. At five o'clock precisely he entered a large furnished house and asked the janitor: "Has Mme. Duroy hired a room here?" "Yes, sir." "Will you show me to it, if you please?"

When he saw his reflection in the glass, he did not even recognize himself; he took himself for some one else, for a man-of-the-world, and was really satisfied with his general appearance. Smiling to himself, Duroy extended his hand and expressed his astonishment, pleasure, and approbation.