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He would not tell the whole truth, for he would have died sooner than bring Sabine's name into the discussion; and he could only see one way out of his difficulty. "Suppose I say that I do not like your manner or appearance," returned he disdainfully. "Is it your wish to insult me, M. Andre?" "As you choose to take it." M. de Breulh was not gifted with an immense stock of patience.
After a moment's hesitation, De Breulh obeyed; and when he was again in the studio, Andre addressed him in a voice that quivered with indignation. "Take back these notes, sir; I will not accept them." "What do you mean?" "Only that I have thought the matter over, and that I will not accept your commission." "And why this sudden change?" "You know perfectly well, M. de Breulh-Faverlay."
"I am here because De Breulh told me that in your interests I ought to pardon Van Klopen, and go to him again as I used to do; so you see, M. Andre, that it is never safe to judge by appearance, and a woman more than anything else." "Will you forgive me?" asked Andre earnestly. The lady interrupted him by a little wave of her hand, invisible to all save to him, which clearly said,
"M. de Breulh takes his dismissal easily enough," observed Mascarin. "He was not dismissed; it was he that wrote and broke off the engagement."
"Good, then give the girl a letter and the notes done up in a separate parcel, and tell her exactly what she is to do. When she sees the Marquis, let her pretend to be alarmed at the great responsibility that she is incurring in carrying this large sum, and insist upon a receipt for her own protection." "There is sound sense in that," said De Breulh.
Madame de Bois Arden was engaged in admiring a very pretty fancy costume of the reign of Louis XV., one of Van Klopen's masterpieces, when M. de Breulh was announced, which she was going to wear, on her return from the opera, at a masquerade ball at the Austrian Ambassador's.
"I only " He paused, and then, with an air of sarcasm which sat strangely upon a person of his appearance, went on, "I am aware that the heiress of a noble family may do many things without having her reputation compromised, when girls in a lower social grade would be forever lost by the commission of any one of them; and I am sure if the family of M. de Breulh knew that the young lady to whom he was engaged had been in the habit of passing her afternoons alone with a young man in his studio "
"It is Madame de Bois Arden," remarked De Breulh, drawing the bolt back; and the Viscountess rushed hastily into the room and threw herself into a low chair. Her beautiful face was bedewed with tears, and she was in a terrible state of excitement. "What is the matter, Clotilde?" asked De Breulh kindly, as he took her hand.
"Then, madame, do not disturb yourself to-night. So long as he hopes you will be useful, so long he will stay his hand. Do as he wishes; never allude to the receipt; introduce him and speak well of him, while I, aided by M. de Breulh, will do my utmost to unmask this scoundrel; and as long as he believes himself to be in perfect security, our task will be an easy one."
"We shall go at this pace for the next hour. We will then alight at the corner of the Chaussee d'Autin, and be free for the rest of the night, and those who wish to follow us to-night must have good eyes and legs." All came to pass as De Breulh had arranged; but as he jumped out he saw a dark form slip from behind the carriage and mingle with the crowd on the Boulevard.
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