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'And met with some little adventure immediately upon your arrival, as I understand. I have heard the story of the worthy police agent, the two Jacobins, and the lonely hut. Well, you have seen the danger to which the Emperor is exposed, and it may make you the more zealous in his service. Where is your uncle, Monsieur Bernac? 'He is at the Castle of Grosbois. 'Do you know him well?
Suffice it that you have been shown in your true colours, and that Mademoiselle Bernac has been cured of a foolish infatuation. Roustem, remove the prisoner! 'There, Monsieur de Laval, said the Emperor, when the wretched Lesage had been conducted from the room. 'We have not done such a bad piece of work between the coffee and the breakfast.
'Your uncle, 'C. BERNAC. So much for the letter, but it was the outside which had puzzled me most. A seal of red wax had been affixed at either end, and my uncle had apparently used his thumb as a signet. One could see the little rippling edges of a coarse skin imprinted upon the wax.
'Help, help; he is killing Monsieur Bernac! 'Where is he? shouted Savary. 'There! The library! The door with the green curtain! Again that horrible cry rang out, dying down to a harsh croaking. It ended in a loud, sharp snick, as when one cracks one's joint, but many times louder. I knew only too well what that dreadful sound portended.
'But this dreadful man Toussac has not been taken yet, she cried. 'Have I not heard that a young lady is endeavouring to do what has baffled the secret police, and that the freedom of her lover is to be the reward of her success? 'She is my cousin, your Imperial Majesty. Mademoiselle Sibylle Bernac is her name.
'A lady! cried the Emperor smiling. 'We do not see many faces in the camp which have not a moustache upon them. Who is she? What does she want? 'Her name, Sire, is Mademoiselle Sibylle Bernac. 'What! cried Napoleon. 'It must be the daughter of old Bernac of Grosbois. By the way, Monsieur de Laval, he is your uncle upon your mother's side, is he not?
On the whole, it seemed to me that my best course was to wander inland, in the hope of finding some empty barn or out-house, where I could pass the night unseen and undisturbed. Then in the morning I should consider how it was best for me to approach my uncle Bernac, and through him the new master of France.
But the woman looked away at the violet-shadowed sails, afar on the changeful purple of the sea, and her throat choked with pain. Uniform edition. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50 per volume. UNCLE BERNAC. A Romance of the Empire. Illustrated. This brilliant historical romance pictures Napoleon's threatened invasion of England when his forces were encamped at Boulogne.
On entering the room I had retired into a corner, fearing that I should find none there whom I knew; but someone plucked at my arm, and turning round I found myself looking into the yellow inscrutable face of my uncle Bernac. He seized my unresponsive hand and wrung it with a false cordiality. 'My dear Louis, said he.
No doubt it is very hard that you should find yourself in a different position to your ancestors, but I am sure that you would rather that the land should be held by a Bernac than by a stranger. From the brother of your mother you will at least always meet with sympathy and consideration. 'And now I have some advice for you.
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