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"More calmly," said a voice at once soft and imperative, of which Briquet vainly sought the owner. The cavalier seemed to make an effort over himself, and then said quietly to the Gascon, "Do you know him of whom you speak?" "Salcede?" "Yes." "Not in the least." "And the Duc de Guise?" "Still less." "Well, then, Salcede is a brave man." "So much the better: he will die bravely."
But she would look no better as long as she remained in Paris....Nor did she wish to return to California...and beyond all question he must have forgotten, lost all interest in her long since. Still there had been an eager upspringing light in his eyes...was it recognition?...merely the passing impulse of flirtation over a match and a briquet?...No doubt she would never see him again.
Their joy seemed to annoy Briquet; he slipped down from his place, and returning to the court, said to the porter, "Parma and Lorraine." The gate was opened, and he left. History tells us what passed afterward.
She concluded abruptly: "Do you think one could tell that a man's eyes were hazel the golden-brown hazel across a pitch dark room above the flame of a briquet?" "Hazel?" Alexina was standing behind Gora. She saw her body stiffen. "I could have vowed they were hazel. And that he was English.
"Ah! you mock," thought Chicot, "but wait." Then he said, "I am certain, however, that Brother Borromée, like a wise master, often let Jacques touch him out of complaisance." "Ah!" cried Jacques, frowning in his turn. "No," replied Borromée, "I love Jacques, certainly, but I do not spoil him in that manner. But try yourself, M. Briquet." "Oh, no." "Come, only one pass." "Try," said Gorenflot.
Usually, also, the shorter the weapon is, the more fatal are the conflicts in which it is employed. The old French "Briquet," the Afghan "Charay," and the Goorka "Kukkri," exemplify this fact in the history of arms. In the latter point it differs from the Assegai, which is worked by the Kafirs to the finest temper. It is called by the Arabs Kubabah, by the Somal Goasa.
The prior struck a bell, and when the servant appeared said, "Let Brother Jacques come here, and also our messenger." Ten minutes after both appeared at the door. "Jacques," said Gorenflot, "I give you a special mission." "Me!" cried the young man, astonished. "Yes, you are to accompany M. Robert Briquet on a long journey." "Oh!" cried he, enthusiastically, "that will be delightful.
"Certainly," said the duchess. "How was it that this did not occur to you?" said Mayneville. "I did think of it, and wished to send one of my men, who is a perfect Hercules, with M. Briquet, but he suspected, and dismissed him." "You must go yourself." "Impossible!" "And why?" "Because he knows me." "As a monk, but not as captain, I hope." "Ma foi! I do not know; he seems to know everything."
The monk, who was there to meet him, was a giant in height; his monk's robe, hastily thrown on, did not hide his muscular limbs, and his face bore anything but a religious expression. His arms were as long as Chicot's own, and he had a knife in his belt. As Chicot approached, he turned and said, "Are you M. Robert Briquet?" "I am." "Then I have a letter for you from the reverend prior."
Deliberately, having conned this communication, Lanyard produced his cigarette-case, selected a cigarette, found his briquet, struck a light, twisted the note of twenty pounds into a rude spill, set it afire, lighted his cigarette there from and, rising, conveyed the burning paper to a cold and empty fire-place wherein he permitted it to burn to a crisp black ash.
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