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But his calculating reserve did not save him. Already several suspects had been imprisoned in Normandy. The plot was now coming to a head, and so was the counter-plot. On the next day Moreau was arrested by order of Napoleon, who feigned the utmost grief and surprise at seeing the victor of Hohenlinden mixed up with royalist assassins in the pay of England.
That the marquis and his son were catholics served but to glorify the right to which a hostile faith yielded such practical homage. Immediately after nightfall she repaired to Caspar, and between them everything was speedily arranged for the carrying out of lord Herbert's counter-plot. But night after night passed, and the bell in the marquis's room remained voiceless.
By insidious arts, Leicester had in his day turned the Queen's mind to his own will; had foiled the diplomacy of the Spaniard, the German and the Gaul; had by subterranean means checkmated the designs of the Medici; had traced his way through plot and counter-plot, hated by most, loved by none save, maybe, his Royal mistress to whom he was now more a custom than a cherished friend.
More than that, Mr. Hunter met his death because of the plot and counter-plot attending the preliminary arrangements for her ladyship's marriage. The two events, so far apart in their nature, thus become indissolubly connected." "And is that why we are to have the pleasure of seeing Monsieur de Courtois?" "Yes."
"I was curious to know how he would make the attempt to approach us; but certainly never once dreamt of his having recourse to so civilised a method. Their plot works well, no doubt; still we have the counter-plot to oppose to it." "We must foil them with their own weapons," remarked the governor, "even if it be only with a view to gain time.
Carefully depositing its contents as he had found them, he locked the drawer, and put the key upon the floor. "The accursed plot he overheard, Its every point portrayed; Yet ere the villain's words were cold. The counter-plot was made." Hatchie was chagrined at the loss of his prisoner. His diligent search was of no avail.
"I was curious to know how he would make the attempt to approach us; but certainly never once dreamt of his having recourse to so civilised a method. Their plot works well, no doubt; still we have the counter-plot to oppose to it." "We must foil them with their own weapons," remarked the governor, "even if it be only with a view to gain time.
Are there any indications that Antonio's mind is more alert than Sebastian's? What purposes of the action or plot are served by the introduction of Claribel? Is the King's grief as great for the daughter as for the son? How does his paternal affection compare with Prospero's? In the second scene of this act, how far is a second counter-plot foreshadowed? When were watches first used in Europe? 3.
'Tis a truly gallant counter-plot, which will extricate us all from the matter. Pardieu, it must be admitted that I am no fool." He broke off. "Oh, by the way! is the little goat with the wench?" "Yes. The devil take you!" "They would have hanged it also, would they not?" "What is that to me?" "Yes, they would have hanged it. They hanged a sow last month.
They ponder over every word and action of their European employers, to find out what hidden intrigue lies beneath, and to devise some counter-plot. Sartorius says that when he has met an Indian and asked his name, the brown man always gave a false one, lest the enquirer should want to do him some harm.
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