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He quickly recovered his usual coolness, looked at De Chemerant in an abstracted manner; then, as if he had awakened from a profound meditation, he said, in a short tone, "Very well, sir, let us go." Again mounting his horse, the Gascon took the road to Fort Royal, still followed by the escort and accompanied by De Chemerant.
"Yes, sir." "As much so as another bad fellow, a buccaneer by trade?" "Yes, sir," said the baron in a dry tone, resolved to confine himself to the secondary rôle which De Chemerant imposed upon him. "A Caribbean also is often there?" "Yes, sir." "The presence of these men in the island is of how recent date?" "That I do not know, sir; they were established here at my arrival in Martinique.
Alas, this unhappy man does not know me!" Croustillac expressed himself so naturally and with so much assurance, that De Chemerant still hesitated to believe himself the dupe of so enormous an imposition; he did not long retain any doubts on this subject.
In order to receive the lieutenant of the frigate, and Monsieur de Chemerant with proper courtesy, the baron had removed, much to his regret, a white cotton coat and a hat of Caribbean straw to put on an enormous blond wig, squeeze into a coat of a kind of blue uniform embroidered with gold braid, and buckled on a heavy shoulder-belt and sword.
De Chemerant and the officers looked at each other with astonishment, as yet comprehending none of his words. "Zounds! here we are," thought Croustillac; "only to see this tipsy brute; I should smell the Mortimer a league off."
I would not give up that precious moment for the throne of England! I shall go to the vessel, and see these two criminals set sail for their destination where the breath of my vengeance will take them!" "It is final, then, that you insist upon this?" said De Chemerant, still hesitating.
The worthy master, with many low bows, approached De Chemerant, whose dry, harsh face, with its piercing glance, seemed to intimidate him greatly. "I am sure that this poor man is all in a perspiration," said the governor to De Chemerant, in a pitying tone. In fact, great drops of perspiration covered the prominent veins on the bald and sunburned forehead of Captain Daniel.
"Your highness, you are about to give a pleasant surprise to the duchess, who does not expect you for some days, and will thus change her regrets to a very tender joy, since Father Griffen has not yet been able to see your wife," said De Chemerant.
The officer who had just appeared stopped in front of Croustillac and Chemerant, and said to them, "In the name of the king, I order you to tell me who you are and where you are going, gentlemen; by the governor's orders no one can sail from here without a permit from him. "Sir," said Chemerant, "the soldiers who are with me are part of the governor's guard; you see, I am acting by his consent."
"He abused my confidence by the most execrable lies. Gentlemen, any one would have been deceived as much as I was." "One cannot mock thus the faith of brave gentlemen who sacrifice themselves to the good cause." "De Chemerant, you are as culpable as this miserable scoundrel." "But, my lords, the English envoy was deceived as well as I." "It is impossible; you are his accomplice."
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