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"You ask me to dishonour myself? to cross swords with an animal?" exclaimed de Léry, turning angrily to his comrades. "Shame! shame!" was the cry around the room. "Gentlemen of the Bodyguard," said Collinot, "I must remind you where you are." D'Amoreau and the Baron led Germain off to his chamber.
Count Devereux, strike me to the core: I will not betray Bertrand Collinot!" "Mysterious heart of man!" I exclaimed inly, as I gazed upon the low brow, the malignant eye, the crafty lip of this wretch, who still retained one generous and noble sentiment at the bottom of so base a breast. But if it sprang there, it only sprang to wither! "As thou wilt," said I; "remember, death is the alternative.
De Lotbinière next went to Paris and wrote to Collinot, stating that de Villerai would be on hand on the day appointed, prepared to present the de Léry side of the case. He furthermore wrote to the Count de Vaudreuil, reminding him of the Canadian connections of his family, and invoking his exalted interest at Court against the intruder upon their social rights.
But Collinot was silent again, looking over the documents. The story de Lotbinière was likely to have told crossed Germain's mind, and he went on "I have no doubt the enemies of my family mentioned every disadvantageous fact.
Collinot caught the words. The natural kindness of the man overcame the formality of the disciplinarian, and he went and placed a hand upon Lecour's shoulder. "You know, sir," he said kindly, "that one is not master of his birth, but of his conduct. Yours has been blameless. I sympathise with you greatly." "Anything but this! Ruined, ruined what ruin and disgrace!"
And so Germain obtained a great position. "As a matter of form," said Major Collinot, the Adjutant of the Bodyguard, at headquarters, "Monsieur de Répentigny of course proves the necessary generations of noblesse?" "Here is the herald's attestation, sir," replied Germain, producing that which Grancey's intercession had obtained for him at Fontainebleau.
When Germain returned from the shooting party, he was sent for from Collinot's office, and upon his entering, the door was closed. As the closing of Collinot's door was an unusual proceeding, and was known among the regiment to denote something very particular, speculation and excitement immediately became rife, and the news that Lecour was closeted with Collinot spread like wildfire.
The Prince, as Colonel of the company, came specially to Troyes by the desire of Collinot, though the trouble bored him, for he liked Germain, and would never have raised the question concerning his birth had it merely come to his knowledge without the scandal of formal charges.
"Being in this distinguished corps, you have an influence to which none of the rest of us can pretend. I leave the papers in your hands. You have merely to hand them to the Prince de Poix or Adjutant Collinot to secure absolutely the obliteration of that canaille." "Certainly, certainly. Leave them with me. They shall be perfectly safe in my possession.
Louis de Léry immediately sent to de Lotbinière the notice he received from Collinot. The measures of the Marquis were varied and vigorous. First he took the Record with him, and travelled posthaste to Châlons, where he asked de Léry to take him to their relative, de Villerai. "You are the man to present this, my dear Villerai," said he.
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