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"They are almost all half drunk," said De Loignac; "it would be a good opportunity to make them repeat their histories, only time does not permit of it." Then he added aloud, "Hola! M. Fournichon, dismiss from the room all women, children and lackeys." Lardille retired grumbling, but Militor did not move. "Did you not hear, M. Militor," said De Loignac; "to the kitchen!"
From this post he saw a man, who, coming from Paris at full gallop, entered the lodge and said, "Here I am, M. de Loignac." "Good. Where do you come from?" "From the Porte St. Victor." "Your number?" "Five." "The cards?" "Here they are." De Loignac took them, examined them, and wrote on a slate the number five. The messenger left, and two others appeared, almost immediately.
"And M. d'Epernon?" "He reads the signature of his majesty, and consoles himself as I do." "You are right, monsieur, and I am your humble servant;" and Ernanton was about to retire, when De Loignac stopped him. "I will say to you," said he, "what I have not said to the others, for no one else has had the courage to speak to me thus." Ernanton bowed.
"What is it?" said D'Epernon, drawing to one side. "M. de Carmainges has seen M. de Mayenne lying wounded in a village beyond Orleans." "Wounded!" "Yes, and more, he has written a letter to Madame de Montpensier, which M. de Carmainges has in his pocket." "Oh! oh! send M. de Carmainges to me." "Here he is," said De Loignac, signing to Ernanton to advance.
"The duc, sire," continued Gaston, "was nearly were I stand: he was walking in the same direction as your majesty; M. de Loignac was exactly where your lieutenant of musketeers is; M. de Saint-Maline and his majesty's ordinaries were behind him and around him. It was here that he was struck."
"Every one has a master; and if you are too proud to acknowledge him we spoke of, you may look higher; I authorize you." "The king!" murmured Carmainges. "Silence!" said De Loignac. "But first will you do me the favor to read aloud this parchment."
He sounded Crillon, the leader of the "Forty-five," on the subject, but this noble soldier refused to have anything to do with it, offering, however, to challenge him to single combat. De Loignac was less scrupulous, and we know the result; the Duc de Guise and his brother the cardinal were both murdered. Ten days after this event, Catherine de Medicis, the queen-mother, died, regretted by none.
Ernanton followed De Loignac to the courtyard of the Louvre. All was preparing for the king's going out, and M. d'Epernon was seeing two new horses tried, which had been sent from England, as a present from Elizabeth to Henri, and which were that day to be harnessed to the king's carriage for the first time. De Loignac approached D'Epernon. "Great news, M. le Duc," said he.
"Well, there was that word in the letter 'Margota cum Turennio, ambo nocentes, conveniunt in castello nomine Loignac. Mon Dieu! how I regret that my knowledge is not as great as my memory is good." "Ambo nocentes," repeated Marguerite, in a low voice, and turning very pale, "he understood it all." "Margota cum Turennio, ambo nocentes," repeated Henri.
The process of examination consisted in comparing the half card with another half in the possession of the officer. The Gascon with the bare head advanced first. "Your name?" said De Loignac. "It is on the card." "Never mind; tell it to me." "Well, I am called Perducas de Pincornay." Then, throwing his eyes on the card. M. de Loignac read.
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