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I myself thought them ridiculous enough, when he informed me that there was no more danger from Lescaut's affray, than from the Hospital adventure.
"Extortion was the source of this scoundrel's delicacy. We were still too near the Hospital to make any noise. 'Silence! said I to him, 'you shall have a louis d'or for the job': for less than that he would have helped me to burn the Hospital. "We arrived at Lescaut's house. As it was late, M. de T left us on the way, promising to visit us the next morning. The servant alone remained.
They knew they had to deal with a young and inexperienced couple, whom they fancied they could impose upon without much difficulty. They laid a plan, and executed it with so much skill, that they reduced us to a state from which it was never afterwards possible for us to extricate ourselves. "Having supped one evening at Lescaut's, it was about midnight when we returned home.
"He continued to tell me how he then went to Lescaut's apartments, in the hope of finding me there with my dear mistress; that the master of the house, who was a coachmaker, protested he had seen neither me nor Manon; but that it was no wonder that we had not appeared there, if our object was to see Lescaut, for that we must have doubtless heard of his having been assassinated about the very same time; upon which, he related all that he knew of the cause and circumstances of the murder.
Still he stood silent, glaring with the devil in his eyes; while the other men whimpered and protested their innocence, and the crowd stared as if they could never see enough. "Philippon's?" "I take no bribes," he muttered. "Lescaut's?" "Not a denier." "Liar!" I exclaimed. "Liar, who devour widows' houses and poor men's corn! Who grind the weak and say it is the King; and let the rich go free.
Manon could not refuse him a few kisses: it was sealing her right to the money which he had just handed to her. I was at the door, and waiting for Lescaut's signal to enter the room. "He approached to take me by the hand, while Manon was securing the money and jewels, and leading me towards M. G M , he desired me to make my bow. I made two or three most profound ones.
"I held Manon in such close embrace in my arms, that we occupied but one place in the coach. She cried for joy, and I could feel her tears trickling down my cheeks. "When we were about getting out at Lescaut's, I had a new difficulty with the coachman, which was attended with the most unfortunate results.
"About two hours previously, a guardsman of Lescaut's acquaintance had come to see him, and proposed play. Lescaut had such a rapid and extravagant run of luck, that in an hour the young man was minus twelve hundred francs all the money he had.
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