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The Intendant, Cadet, and Varin had ridden from Beaumanoir, followed by a train of still flushed guests, who, after a hasty purification, had returned with their host to the city a noisy troop, loquacious, laughing, shouting, as is the wont of men reckless at all times, and still more defiant when under the influence of wine.
But the Intendant gave me a crown when he read it. I never saw the Chevalier Bigot in better humor! That letter touched both his purse and his feelings. But how did you ever come to hear of the Lady of Beaumanoir?" "Oh, Bartemy and I hear everything at the gate of the Basse Ville!
"'Zephyrine is really here, then? "'Certainly she is. A prisoner like myself. "'And Count Villaforte? "'Is Captain Tonino. "'And the castle? "'A den of thieves. "'That is all I wanted to know. Adieu, my dear Louet. Tell Zephyrine she shall soon hear from me. So saying, he plunged into the forest. "'Here, Romeo, here! cried Mr. Beaumanoir to his dog, who was fetching the bird he had shot.
He wanted some one who would laugh and talk airy nonsense, some one whose mind would not be running everlastingly in the political groove, and an irresistible impulse urged him to ask for a telegraph form and write: BEAUMANOIR, Villa Turquoise, Chantilly. Come and join in the revel. He gave the message to an attendant, bidding him despatch it from Chalons.
He handed me a sum of money, packed into a basket all the eatables he could find and two bottles of wine, and lit a lantern, and we set off through the gusty night, past the deserted houses, past Beaumanoir all dark and dead, and so down into Havre Gosselin, where the waves were roaring white.
Lord Beaumanoir was there, but he seemed to shrink into nothing to-day before Buckhurst, who was captivated for the moment by Edith, and hearing that no knight was resolute enough to try a fall with the Marquess, was impelled by his talent for action to enter the lists. He had talked down everybody, unhorsed every cavalier.
Meantime Lucas Beaumanoir walked in a small garden belonging to the Preceptory, included within the precincts of its exterior fortification, and held sad and confidential communication with a brother of his Order, who had come in his company from Palestine.
"Sure? yes, I am sure by a hundred tokens!" said Angelique, with an air of triumph. "He dare not even banish her for my sake, lest the secret of her concealment at Beaumanoir become known. We can safely risk his displeasure, even should he suspect that I have cut the knot he knew not how to untie."
Lord Monmouth could not bear to be disappointed. He could not refrain from saying, notwithstanding all the resources and all the exertions of his guests, 'I cannot understand why Sidonia does not come. I wish Sidonia were here. 'So do I, said Lord Eskdale; 'Sidonia is the only man who tells one anything new. 'We saw Sidonia at Lord Studcaster's, said Lord Beaumanoir.
"We will drink it on all fours if you like! come, out with your toast, Cadet; you are as long over it as Father Glapion's sermon in Lent! and it will be as interesting, I dare say!" "Well, Chevalier, the Grand Company, after toasting all the beauties of Quebec, desire to drink the health of the fair mistress of Beaumanoir, and in her presence too!" said Cadet with owlish gravity.
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