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The upshot of it all was that his lordship's demand for help had been refused pointblank, and no doubt, after what the Colonel had heard, in rather abrupt, outspoken terms. All this and more l'Echelle brought back to us at the Atlas Hotel.
I said, "that's a brilliant idea. How do you mean to work it out?" "Take the telegram out of his waistcoat pocket, read it, or bring it to you." "Bring it; that will be best," I interrupted, feeling a tinge of suspicion. "But I must put it straight back," continued l'Echelle, "for he is sure to ask for it directly he returns to the hotel."
"We've got to find him first," objected Tiler gruffly and despondently. "It ought not to be difficult, seeing that he was here half an hour ago, and we can hunt up l'Echelle, who will surely know, and who I have reason to hope is on our side." "Do it one way or another. I look to you for that, and let me know the result without loss of time. Then we will confer again and arrange further.
I drove straight to the railway station, and was met outside it by the faithful l'Echelle. "Monsieur, monsieur, will you believe it? They have gone half an hour ago, and not by the eastern but the western express." "You saw them?" "I spoke to them. Falfani himself told me of the change in their plans.
Savary rode back in haste, to implore l'Echelle to order Chalbos to move to the right and attack the left flank of the enemy; but by this time the unfortunate wretch had completely lost his head and, instead of giving Chalbos orders to advance, ordered him to retreat, and himself fled in all haste.
L'Echelle was well received. Falfani, my friend of the Calais train, believed he had suborned him at Aix, and now hailed his appearance with much satisfaction. L'Echelle might again be most useful; at least, he could lead them to us, and he wisely decided to let Falfani know where we were to be found in Tangier. The fact would surely be discovered without him.
It is already understood what I mean by a fine country; never can a flat one, though ever so beautiful, appear such in my eyes: I must have torrents, fir trees, black woods, mountains to climb or descend, and rugged roads with precipices on either side to alarm me. I experienced this pleasure in its utmost extent as I approached Chambery, not far from a mountain which is called Pas de l'Echelle.
Will this appearance be possible? That is what I could not learn; only a physician could tell." Saniel did not wish to let it appear that he understood this new challenge. "I forgot to tell you," Phillis continued, "that the physician who attends her is Doctor Balzajette of the Rue de l'Echelle. Do you know him?" "A prig, who conceals his ignorance under dignified manners."
We were sometimes among huge, angular boulders, and sometimes amid lighter shingle, which gave way at every step, thus forcing us to shift our footing incessantly. Escaping from these we crossed the succession of secondary glaciers which lie at the feet of the Aiguilles, and, having secured firewood, found ourselves, after some hours of hard work, at the Pierre l'Echelle.
His father, as is well known, was one of the victims of the Revolution; and when the Marquis de Beauharnais had perished on the scaffold, his widow, whose property had been confiscated, fearing that her son, although still very young, might also be in danger on account of his belonging to the nobility, placed him in the home of a carpenter on the rue de l'Echelle where, a lady of my acquaintance, who lived on that street, has often seen him passing, carrying a plank on his shoulder.
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