l'astrea

Updated: May 21, 2025

Jerome's deductions were plain enough when he told me these things and the wherefore. It was agreed our plan would be to watch L'Astrea; she at least would enable us to find Yvard, or his accomplice whom we most wished to discover. Who would do this?

Harris Dickson - The Black Wolf's Breed: A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening: in the Reign of Louis XIV

Now see what a simple scheme he laid. We were first to find where Yvard was hidden. He would certainly go into hiding until his wound was healed; the finding of the papers upon him making it necessary he should not be seen in Paris. Where would he be likely to secrete himself? Ah, trust a woman for that; so reasoned Jerome. What woman? L'Astrea, of course.

Harris Dickson - The Black Wolf's Breed: A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening: in the Reign of Louis XIV