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Until Beaufoy had dropped the curtain behind him Louis sat rigidly upright; then, as if the very springs of life were sapped to their utmost limit, he sank back in collapse upon the pillows. From the half-opened shutter a shaft of light, falling athwart the table, flashed a spark from the rounded smooth of a silver Christ upon the cross, propped amongst the litter, and drew his eyes.
You'll not ask me to give an account of myself a second time." "That is Valmy all over! Give up my advantage that you may gain! And who are you with your musts and demands?" "My name is Beaufoy " "Then you are not from Valmy," broke in the other, running on Beaufoy's name, "for no faith, beau, bonne, or belle, ever came out of Valmy." With a shrug of his shoulders Beaufoy turned on his heel.
Jan and Michault, take Monsieur Beaufoy into the field yonder, but quietly, courteously." "Courteously!" foamed Beaufoy, struggling vainly as he was hustled across the road out of earshot. "Curse your courtesy, footpad! Some day you shall answer me for this." "If the King permits," was the ironic reply. "Be a little more gentle, Jan. Now, Perrault?"
And at last they came, not what satisfied him, but what perforce must suffice, and with a hand marvellously steady under the compulsion of the iron will he dashed off two or three sentences at white heat, added his signature in the bold, angular characters which had so often vouched a lie as the truth, and flung the paper across to Beaufoy. "There! obey that, neither more nor less.
Lord Rawdon, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, Sir Joseph Banks, the Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. Beaufoy, and Mr. Stuart, were nominated managers. The first adventurer was Mr. Ledyard, who, from his earliest age, had been a traveller from one extremity of the earth to the other. He had circumnavigated the globe with Capt.
Being favoured by the secretary of the Association, the late Henry Beaufoy, Esq., with a recommendation to Dr. My instructions were very plain and concise. I was directed, on my arrival in Africa, "to pass on to the river Niger, either by way of Bambouk, or by such other route as should be found most convenient.
On his return he presented himself to Sir Joseph Banks, who was at that time anxiously looking out for a fit person to be sent out under the auspices of the Association. He immediately saw that Ledyard was a suitable person for them, and introduced him to Mr Beaufoy, who was much struck with his resolute and determined appearance.
Beaufoy, and Mr. Stuart. The first individual whom they employed was Mr. Ledyard, the greater part of whose life had been spent in travelling; he had circumnavigated the globe along with Captain Cook, and had resided for a number of years among the American Indians.
We who come from Valmy always say must and demand," he added, with a touch of grim humour, which was lost on La Mothe, but which Paul Beaufoy would have appreciated. "Your instructions said nothing about a signet." "I must have it, nevertheless. You can see for yourself that the order was written in haste, and how should I know the ring exists if the King had not told me?
"What do you think, Perrault; can we do it?" "Enter Amboise?" "Enter Valmy." But Beaufoy could control himself no longer. "Monsieur, whoever you are, I demand back the King's order. These instructions are for me alone and I must " "What? More musts? No, no, you have done all a man of honour can do except hold your tongue and acknowledge the inevitable.
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