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I tried to tell myself that I was dreaming, that it was too horrible, too incredible to be real; that they could not really mean to to MURDER me. And then I recognised Hilton Travers' voice. "'I am not dictating, and you are not serious, of course, he said, with what seemed an uneasy laugh. 'I am only warning you that you are forgetting to take the real Henry LaSalle into account.
Four men and a young girl who had taken refuge in the town of Lasalle, one of the places granted to the houseless villagers as an asylum, asked and received formal permission from the captain of the Soissonais regiment, by name Laplace, to go home on important private business, on condition that they returned the same night.
Three electors M. Massador from near Beaucaire, M. Vialla from the canton of Lasalle, and M. Puech of the same place-were attacked by red-tufts on their way home, and all three seriously wounded.
And even granted that we were given an opportunity to bring the charge, they would be able to prove by a hundred influential and well-known men in New Zealand that the impostor was really Henry LaSalle; and were we able to find any of my uncle's old acquaintances in Australia, it would be necessary to get them here and not one of them would have reached America alive.
Lasalle, too, was a very dashing leader, but he ruined himself with wine and folly. Now I, Etienne Gerard, was always totally devoid of swagger, and at the same time I was very abstemious, except, maybe, at the end of a campaign, or when I met an old comrade-in-arms.
Although the affairs of the company were still being handled by Colonel Tom, and though he daily more and more asserted himself, the officers and shops, and later the big jobbers and buyers as well as the rich LaSalle Street directors, knew that a new force had come into the company. Men began dropping quietly into Sam's office, asking questions, suggesting, seeking favours.
She had caught the first fish; she had been queen of the feast; she had given the first toast, she had received the first honours of every eye and ear in the company. Her host and hostess had lavished all kindness on her; ladies had smiled; and gentlemen, yes, six gentlemen had come down the steps to put her into the carriage. But if she wanted to think, Mme. Lasalle gave her no chance.
Lasalle, as she watched his motions and dropped her own line in imitation. 'If I were a member of the firm, I should say, "all hearts," mademoiselle, without doubt. 'For shame, Mr. Lasalle! cried Miss Powder. 'Fish are made to be caught, mademoiselle, said Mr. Lasalle, throwing his own line again. 'For shame, Mr. Lasalle! How many hearts do you think one lady wishes to catch?
'I have heard, Colonel de Lasalle, said he, with an icy dignity, 'that your opinion is of great weight upon the subject of light cavalry. Should I have occasion to seek information about that branch of the army, I shall be very happy to apply to you. At present, however, the matter concerns diplomacy, and you will permit me to form my own views upon that question.
Not finding her, and making a great deal of amusement for the spectators by the way, he at last comes back and asks in a deploring tone, 'Where is she? Cries of 'Off! 'Gone! 'Sloped! 'Away! were such a medley that nobody professed to be able yet to make out the word. The curtain fell again. 'You are very stupid, said Mme. Lasalle. 'It is as plain as possible.
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