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And I hesitated lest you might think yourself bound, as Monsieur de Merri's friend, to deliver me up for having violated the edict." These were certainly sufficient reasons, though, as you know, I had not thought of telling him of Monsieur de Merri till after I had heard the Countess's story, and therefore they were not the true answer to his question.
For the rest, if any one of you have further or better counsel to expound, I will listen to him with the greatest pleasure." Three curates remained those of St. Merri, St. Sulpice and St. Eustache. The others withdrew. "You think, then, that you can help me more efficaciously than your brothers?" said Gondy. "We hope so," answered the curates. "Let us hear. Monsieur de St. Merri, you begin."
But she contrived to say quite firmly: "I do, and I am not afraid." Merri waved a huge and very dirty hand with a careless gesture. "I know," he said with a harsh laugh. "They all say that, don't they, citizen Rateau?" "Until the time comes," assented that worthy dryly. "Until the time comes," reiterated the other.
"But we can never be sure how much may have passed between Monsieur de Merri and this gentleman on the subject before they quarrelled, or what was the real motive that brought him here." "My God!" I cried; "what gentleman could require a stronger motive than I have shown?
Ay, all the harm she thinks she says to yer face: there's nothing underhand wi' her." They stood silent then, every man busied with his own thoughts, during which interval sounds of merri- ment could be heard within.
"More, citizen; more!" he said loftily. Only the two losers appeared inclined to scepticism. "Bah!" one of them said it was Desmonts. "The whole matter of the woman's money may be a tissue of lies!" "And England is a far cry!" added Guidal. But Merri was not likely to be depressed by these dismal croakings.
Then at last, when he had succeeded in recovering his breath, he said dolefully and with a ludicrous attempt at dignified reproach: "Do not force me to remind you, citizen Merri, that if it had not been for my suggestion that we should all draw lots, and then play hazard as as to who shall be the chosen one to woo the ci-devant millionairess, there would soon have been a free fight inside the cabaret, a number of broken heads, and no decision whatever arrived at; whilst you, who were never much of a fighter, would probably be lying now helpless, with a broken nose, and deprived of some of your teeth, and with no chance of entering the lists for the heiress.
There was, indeed, little to start with toward the task of finding her out, but, as Montoire could not be a large place, I need not despair. I would first, I thought, inquire about Monsieur de Merri and what ladies were of his acquaintance. If Monsieur de Merri himself was of Montoire, and had people living there, my presence would be a great risk.
Perhaps he thought Monsieur de Merri would not come at his request." "But you did not use your husband's men and horses to send for Monsieur de Merri." "No. Mathilde my maid whom you saw just now thought I would better act secretly. She feared the Captain would bribe the messenger to make only a pretence of taking my message to Monsieur de Merri.
In spite of the attractions and economies of Tempe for that, I think, was the name it ambitiously held we quitted South Yarra within the same year for a still greater bargain and temptation in the opposite direction, where I had just then the chance of picking up, "at an old song," the pretty cottage previously occupied by Mr. Locke, on the Merri Creek, four miles north by the Sydney-road.
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