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Every one went to the windows which overlooked the court, except Madame d'Effiat, who was still seated and suffering. "He sets off at full gallop. That is a good sign," said the Marechal, laughing. "Oh, heavens!" cried the young Princess, retiring from the bay-window. "What is the matter?" said the mother. "Nothing, nothing!" said M. de Launay.
Hunger and weakness, wounds and bruises, had done their work and he could have gone little farther. De Launay raised his head and chafed his blue and frozen hands. The cow-puncher tried to grin. "Glad to see you, old-timer," he croaked. "You're just about in time." "What happened to you, man?" "Don't know. Heard a horse nicker and then mine stumbled and pinned me.
It was convenient and, somehow, she felt that, in De Launay, she had the one husband who would not have been a nuisance or have endeavored to take advantage of the circumstances.
"I was summoned to his presence early this morning, and found him in the fullest health and highest spirits." "Why did he send for you then?" enquired De Launay. "To feel his pulse and look at his tongue! To make a little game of me before he stepped out of his dressing-gown! And I enjoyed it, of course, one must always enjoy Royal pleasantries!
"Yes! that is it," said Von Glauben, with an air of profound relief; "There is a lady in my case; or my case, speaking professionally, is that of a lady. And I shall get any sort of a sea-tub that is available, and go over to those accursed Islands without any delay!" "If the King should send for you while you are absent " began De Launay doubtfully. "He will not send.
But De Launay led her through the customs with a word that worked like magic and soon had her in a taxicab. He took her to a small and good hotel, not at all conspicuous, and saw that she was properly taken care of and supplied with American currency. Then, as she turned to follow the bell boy to her rooms, he bowed again. But she hesitated a moment.
"That the only way I could go was to go as the wife of an American soldier," said mademoiselle. "He added that he knew of none I could marry unless, he said, I tried Monsieur de Launay. You, he informed me, had just told him that the only marriage you would consider would be one entered into in the spirit of the gambler. Now, that is the kind of marriage I have to offer."
This removal, which had rendered Buvat so proud, was received by Bathilde as an amusement, which might help her to pass these last moments of suspense; but when she found that Mademoiselle de Launay wished to retain her longer, when, according to her calculation, Raoul would return, she cursed the instant when the abbe had taken her to Sceaux, and would certainly have refused, if Madame de Maine herself had not interposed.
The stairway was steep and dark, and the landing was small and only dimly lighted by a dusty, cobwebbed square of window high up in the outer wall. De Launay sat on the top step and resumed his brooding, his head sunk on his arms, which were folded on his knees. He felt a deep sense of injury, and his sorrow for himself was acute.
Raoul embraced Pompadour and Valef, thanked them for having served as witnesses at his marriage, pressed Lafare's hand, thanked Monsieur de Launay for his kindness to him during his imprisonment, and throwing his arm round Bathilde, led her away by the door through which he had entered.
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