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The journalist had come to drag him, whether he liked it or not, there and then, to the offices of the paper where the editor, the great Arsene Gamache himself, wished to see him: the car was waiting downstairs. Christophe tried to get out of it: but, in spite of himself, he was so naively responsive to the journalist's friendly protestations that in the end he gave way.
Gamache, the angry captain who rather than follow a peronnelle to the field was prepared to fold his banner round its staff, and give up his rank, is supposed to have been the nearest to her when she fell. It was he who cleared the crowd from about her and raised her up. "Take my horse," he said, "brave creature. Bear no malice. I confess that I was in the wrong."
His affectionate easy manners, his jovial sallies, his enormous appetite, and the celerity with which the various liquors vanished down his throat without making him turn a hair, were by no means displeasing to Arsene Gamache, who was himself a sturdy trencherman, coarse, boorish, and sanguine, and very contemptuous of people who had ill-health, and those who dared not eat and drink, and all the sickly Parisians.
There is bold De Gamache, for example, who declares he would sooner fold up his banner and serve as a simple soldier in the ranks, than hold a command subservient to that of a low-born woman!" That name as applied to the Angelic Maid set our teeth on edge; yet was it wonderful that some should so regard her? "Let them but see her and they will change their tune!" spake Bertrand quickly.
It shall be ours ere night fall upon us. Call to me the bold De Gamache; I would have speech with him and his comrades." The greater Generals looked at her and at one another, speaking no word. The walls and battlements of St. Loup were strong and well defended. The tower could spout fire and smoke like a living monster. Already the troops had marched far and fought hotly.
But I was known as one of her especial personal attendants, and way was made for me somehow; yet it was not I who was the first to render her assistance. When I arrived, De Gamache was holding her in his arms; someone had removed her headpiece, and though her face was as white as the snowy plumes, her eyes were open, and there was a faint brave smile upon her lips.
He was a brother of the Marquis de Gamache and of the Countess du Rumain, and was a fine young fellow of an excellent disposition. He was never so well pleased as when he saw his mistress surrounded by people a taste which is rarely found, but which is very convenient, and the sign of a temperament not afflicted by jealousy.
He waked to find two officers of the law beside him, and the body of Jean Gamache, stark and dreadful, a few feet away.
To the former he was respectful, and he gave them no trouble at all; with the latter he had nothing in common, for they were criminals, and he so wild and mad with drink and anger was he at the time, that he had no remembrance, absolutely none, of how Jean Gamache lost his life.
He was a brother of the Marquis de Gamache and of the Countess du Rumain, and was a fine young fellow of an excellent disposition. He was never so well pleased as when he saw his mistress surrounded by people a taste which is rarely found, but which is very convenient, and the sign of a temperament not afflicted by jealousy.
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