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Our table was laid in obedience to my orders at such a distance from the men that they could not overhear our talk, and by-and-by I leant over to him. 'M. Fresnoy, I said, 'you are in danger of forgetting one thing, I fancy, which it behoves you to remember. 'What? he muttered, scarcely deigning to look up at me. 'That you have to do with Gaston de Marsac, I answered quietly.
Matters had gone so far, that the new home was very nearly ready, and David had gone over to Marsac to persuade his father to come to the wedding, not without a hope that the old man might relent at the sight of his daughter-in-law, and give something towards the heavy expenses of the alterations, when there befell one of those events which entirely change the face of things in a small town.
'Good, M. de Rosny cried. Then he turned to me with a mingled air of dignity and kindness, and continued: 'This is the gentleman. M. de Marsac, I am honoured with permission to present you to the Marquis de Rambouillet, whose interest and protection I beg you to deserve, for he is a true Frenchman and a patriot whom I respect. M. de Rambouillet saluted me politely.
You saw nothing? Bruhl shook his head. 'It was too dark, he said. 'And heard no more? 'No. 'Do I understand, then, the Marquis continued slowly, 'that M. de Marsac is arrested because the priest God rest his soul! cried to him for help? 'For help? M. de Retz exclaimed fiercely. 'For help? said the king, surprised. And at that the most; ludicrous change fell upon the faces of all.
'Trouble not about her. Save yourself, M. de Marsac. That is the thing to be done now. I mounted mechanically, and felt my courage return as the horse moved under me. I trotted through the crowd, and without thought took the road by which we had come. When we had ridden a hundred yards, however, I pulled up 'An hour is a short start, I said sullenly. 'Whither? 'To St.
'To Blois; to the lodging of a friend of my friend. 'You speak bravely, she replied with a faint sneer. 'You have made some great friends lately it seems! But you bring me some letter, no doubt; at least some sign, some token, some warranty, that you are the person you pretend to be, M. de Marsac? 'The truth is, Mademoiselle, I stammered, 'I must explain. I should tell you
If she were in my power I would have her whipped and put on bread and water till she came to her senses. As she is not, I must take another way. Have you any idea, may I ask, he continued in his cynical tone, 'what is going to become of you, M. de Marsac?
If you still maintain that you are the M. de Marsac to whom this commission was entrusted, you will doubtless have no objection to seeing them? On this I felt myself placed in a most cruel dilemma if I refused to submit my case to the proposed ordeal, I stood an impostor confessed.
'But they went out through the West-gate and made a circuit. He is a strange lad, that of yours below there. He has a head on his shoulder, M. de Marsac. Well, two leagues outside the town they halted, scarcely knowing how to proceed. By good fortune, however, a horse-dealer of my acquaintance was at the inn.
Is the adventure still to your liking, M. de Marsac, now that you know that? 'It is more to my liking, sire, I answered stoutly. 'Understand this too, he rejoined. 'It is essential that this lady, who is at present confined in the Vicomte's house at Chize, should be released; but it is equally essential that there should be no breach between the Vicomte and myself.
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