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"Colonel Hume did me the honour to be my second," Ronald said quietly, "and the Marquis de Vallecourt was second to the duke; some other officers of the Scottish regiment were present, as were two other French noblemen, De Lisle and St. Aignan." "We doubt you not, sir," the duke said warmly.

Nobody knew then that her abbey was only four leagues distant, but everybody learned it soon, and the Duc de Saint Aignan among the first. When he returned to his house, he found long faces on every side. His servants made signs one to another, but nobody said a word. He perceived this, and asked what was the matter; but, for some time, no one dared to reply.

"How many killed?" "At least as many; and among them M. de St. Aignan." "What! poor St. Aignan dead!" "Drowned." "Drowned! Did you throw yourselves into the Scheldt?" "No, the Scheldt threw itself upon us." The comte then gave the king a description of the battle, and of the inundations. Henri listened silently.

Aignan, whose name pleased us on account of its Dumas flavor, we climbed up to a lovely terrace garden from which we could overlook the town and the cathedral, to which distance certainly lends enchantment. In this pleasant resting place I am writing to you, dear Margaret, while we wait for a late train to Paris.

By bringing me nearer her from whom the world seems to unite to separate me you are far more than Pylades was for Orestes, or Patroclus for Achilles." "Sire," said Aignan, with a smile, "I question whether, if your majesty were to know my projects in their full extent, you would continue to pronounce such a pompous eulogium upon me.

France once delighted in the amiable and ennobled names of Nivernois, Boufflers, and St. Aignan; they have not been considered as unworthy rivals of Chaulieu and Bernard, of Voltaire and Gresset.

"Yes, but you are alive; and if you remain here another hour you will be dead. Perhaps it is already too late." M. de St. Aignan knew nothing; but he suspected some great danger. They went on; but two or three thousand men straggled from the main body, or, worn out with fatigue, lay down on the grass, or at the foot of a tree, wearied, desolate, and despairing.