Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 10, 2025
"You live," continued De Loignac, "with a sort of license which I must repress. Those who find the terms too hard will return; I can easily replace them; but I warn you that justice will be done among us, secretly and expeditiously. Traitors will be punished with death on the spot." Montcrabeau nearly fainted, and Pertinax grew paler than ever.
The Gascons called out in surprise at seeing him, and M. de Loignac looked gloomy, and signed to him to enter a little room, where he always gave his private audiences. "This is nice behavior, monsieur," said he; "five days and nights absent; and you whom I thought so well of." "Monsieur, I did what I was told to do." "What were you told to do?" "To follow M. de Mayenne, and I have followed him."
At three o'clock in the afternoon he asked for D'Epernon. They replied that he was reviewing the light horse; then he inquired for De Loignac, but he also was absent. He asked for lunch, and, while he ate, had an edifying discourse read to him, which he interrupted by saying to the reader, "Was it not Plutarch who wrote the life of Sylla?"
De Loignac made them all pass before him, counting them as they went, and then conducted them to the place where three large boats were waiting for them. As soon as the valet of Pertinax heard the words of Madame Fournichon, he ran after the dealer, but as it was night and he was doubtless in a hurry, he had gone some little way and Samuel was obliged to call to him.
"Yes," replied De Loignac; "all are equal before the will of the master." "Oh!" cried Carmainges, coloring; "I do not know that M. d'Epernon would be called my master." "Wait!" "I did not expect that." "Wait, hot head! I did not tell you who was to be your master." "No; but you said we should have one."
The duke went out, and calling De Loignac, said to him, "Choose me two good horsemen, to execute a commission for his majesty." De Loignac went to the gallery where they were lodged, and called M. de Carmainges and M. de St. Maline. They soon appeared, and were conducted to the duke, who presented them to the king, who dismissed the duke.
Therefore, when De Loignac came and said to his chief, "Monsieur, the roads are free," D'Epernon replied: "Very well, the king orders that the Forty-five guards form themselves into three compact bodies, one to go before and one on each side of the carriage, so that if there be any firing it may not reach the carriage."
So shall I be in the hands of MM. d'Epernon and Loignac, till the day when they shall say, 'This plant is hurtful, let us tear it up; this beast is furious, let us kill him." Ernanton was calmed; St. Maline was no longer an object of anger but of pity. "Good fortune should cure you," said he; "when you succeed, you should hate less." "However high I should rise, others would be higher."
The duchess grew pale and sank down almost fainting. Mayneville, somber, but resolute, drew his sword, not knowing but what the house was to be attacked. The cortege advanced, and had reached Bel-Esbat. Borromée came a little forward, and as De Loignac rode straight up to him, he immediately saw that all was lost, and determined on his part. "Room for the king!" cried De Loignac.
"The page belongs to you?" asked De Loignac. "You see, he is attending to my horse." "Pass, then." "Quick, my master," said the page. Behind these men the door was closed, much to the discontent of the crowd. Robert Briquet, meanwhile, had drawn near to the porter's lodge, which had two windows, one looking toward Paris and the other into the country.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking