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But he, passing them with an air of the utmost indifference, and apparently without observing them, hastily dropped these words: "I have seen Chanlouineau. Be of good cheer; he promises to save Monsieur d'Escorval!" In the citadel of Montaignac, within the second line of fortifications, stands an old building known as the chapel.
If the scoundrel had felt only suspicions, they were changed into certainty by the eagerness with which Martial demanded: "How! is Mademoiselle Lacheneur to be married?" "Yes, Monsieur." "And to whom?" "To Chanlouineau, the fellow whom the peasants wished to kill yesterday upon the square, because he was disrespectful to the duke.
Chanlouineau stood perfectly unmoved in the midst of the assembly, which was excited to the highest pitch by his startling declaration. "You questioned me," he resumed, "and I replied. You may gag me if my responses do not please you. If there were witnesses for me as there are against me, I could prove the truth of my words.
Nor did his associate judges wish him to do so. Had Chanlouineau foreseen this? Probably. Yet, why had he ventured so hazardous a blow? The tribunal, after a short deliberation, decided that it would not admit this testimony which had so excited the audience, and stupefied Maurice and Abbe Midon. The examination was continued, therefore, with increased bitterness.
"I shall remain," said Maurice, firmly. He was going to join his comrades when Chanlouineau stopped him. "You have no right to sacrifice your life here," he said, quietly. "Your life belongs to the woman who has given herself to you." "Wretch! how dare you!" Chanlouineau sadly shook his head. "What is the use of denying it?" said he.
Look at the names already upon the fatal list! Lacheneur, beheaded. Chanlouineau, shot. Marie-Anne, poisoned. Chupin, the traitor, assassinated. The Marquis de Courtornieu lived, or rather survived, but death would have seemed a mercy in comparison with such total annihilation of intelligence. He had fallen below the level of the brute, which is, at least, endowed with instinct.
But Chanlouineau did not follow them to the spot which they had considered best adapted to the prolonged defence; he called Maurice and drew him a little aside. "You, Monsieur d'Escorval," he said, almost roughly, "are going to leave here and at once." "I I came here, Chanlouineau, as you did, to do my duty." "Your duty, Monsieur, is to serve Marie-Anne. Go at once, and take her with you."
The demonstrations which had greeted the Duc de Sairmeuse had been correctly reported by Chanlouineau. Chupin had found the secret of kindling to a white heat the enthusiasm of the cold and calculating peasants who were his neighbors.
While they were deliberating as to whether they should take possession of my person and pillage my carriage, I overheard one of these men say to another, speaking of me: 'She must get out, must she not, Monsieur d'Escorval? I believe that the brigand who uttered these words was a peasant named Chanlouineau, but I dare not assert it on oath."
All these together did not in former times yield him an income of five thousand francs a year." "Yes, that is true," replied Chanlouineau; "and if the revenue you mention is quadrupled, it is only because the land is now in the hands of forty proprietors who cultivate it themselves." "Another reason why the duke will not say a word; he will not wish to set the whole district in commotion.
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