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Updated: June 5, 2025
For the execution of this I depended upon Maignan, my equerry, who was a man of lively imagination, being the same who had of his own motion arranged and carried out the triumphal procession, in which I was borne to Rosny after the battle of Ivry.
I knew how M. de Rosny dealt with him, and followed the pattern as far as I could. 'Maignan! I said curtly, 'I have taken a lodging for to-night elsewhere. Then I am gone you will call out your men and watch this door. If anyone tries to force an entrance you will do your duty. 'You may consider it done, he replied. 'Even if the person be M. de Bruhl here, I continued. 'Precisely.
Assuring myself that he did understand, and that Maignan and La Trape were at hand if he should attempt anything, I went back to my place, and sitting down by De Vic began to watch that strange game; while Mademoiselle's laughter and Madame de Lude's gibes floated across the court, and mingled with the eager applause and more dexterous criticisms of the courtiers.
I made my way to this with Maignan and La Trape, who formed, with two grooms, my only attendance; but on coming near the house, and looking about with a curious eye, I remarked something which fixed my attention, and, for the moment, brought me to a halt. This was the spectacle of three horses, of fair quality, feeding in a field of growing corn, which was the only enclosure near the inn.
Maignan and La Trape, who knew me, and had counted on a very different order, stared at me, wondering at my easiness and complaisance; for there is a species of tyranny, unassociated with rank, that even the coarsest view with indignation.
Who is he, Rosny? 'Do you know him, Maignan? said a voice which sounded strangely familiar. The man who knelt; upon me answered, 'No, my lord. He is a stranger to me. He has the look of a Norman. 'Like enough! replied a high-pitched voice I had not heard before. 'For he rode a good horse.
"Why, man, what is it?" I cried. "The prisoner," he faltered. "If your excellency pleases " "I do not please!" I said sternly, believing that I knew what had happened. "Is he dead?" "No, your excellency; but, he has escaped." "Escaped? From that room?" Maignan nodded. "Then, PAR DIEU!" I replied, "the man who was on guard shall suffer in his place! Escaped? How could he escape except by treachery?
'We will see about that. And therewith I raised my fingers to my lips, and, whistling shrilly, cried 'Maignan! Maignan! in a clear voice.
Snatching up a saucepan, she sprang towards the ladder with a gesture of rage, and in a moment would have ascended if her husband had not followed and dragged her back. The girl also, as soon as she could speak, added her entreaties to his, while Maignan and La Trape looked sharply at me, as if they expected a signal. All this while, the bully above continued his maledictions.
Interrogate him yourself, if you will. Or I will. Speak, sir, he continued, turning to me with his countenance hard and forbidding. 'You heard me yesterday, what I promised you? Why, in God's name, are you here to-day? I tried to answer, but Maignan had so handled me that I had not breath enough, and stood panting.
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