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"Mesdames," said the young man, assuming a most polite air, "are we not at Gondreville? We are expected there by Monsieur Malin." "There's the park," said Michu, pointing to the open gate. "Why are you hiding that gun, my fine girl?" said the elder, catching sight of the carbine as he passed through the gate. "You never let a chance escape you, even in the country!" cried his companion.
I must order the scaffold to be prepared, or my late client is certain to be beheaded." Monsieur de Chargeboeuf knew Laurence well enough to be certain she would never consent to save her cousins at the expense of Michu; he therefore resolved on making one more effort.
Laurence and Michu carried the provisions which Marthe, her mother, and Catherine prepared, unknown to the other servants of the household so as to restrict the secret to themselves, for all were sure that there were spies in the village. These expeditions were never made oftener than twice a week and on different days and at different hours, sometimes by day, sometimes by night.
"What! abandon the Hauteserres? never!" she said. "They must all perish or be saved together!" "Only petty noblemen!" remarked Michu. "They are only chevaliers, I know that," she replied, "but they are related to the Cinq-Cygne and Simeuse blood. Save them all, and advise them how best to regain this forest." "The gendarmes are here, don't you hear them? they are holding a council of war."
Two of us are not enough; we ought to have had Sabatier with us Corporal," he said, when the gendarme appeared, taking him aside with Peyrade, "don't let them fool you as they did the Troyes corporal just now. We think Michu is in this business. Go to his house, put your eye on everything, and bring word of the result."
"But he was a good distance off, and we spoke low." "I shall tell Corentin about it," replied Malin. A few moments later Michu returned home, his face pale, his features contracted. "What is the matter?" said his wife, frightened. "Nothing," he replied, seeing Violette whose presence silenced him.
But if you persist in remaining, at least write a letter to the senator and tell him that having heard the rumors about Michu you have dismissed him from your employ." "We!" exclaimed the brothers; "what, write to Malin, to the murderer of our father and our mother, to the insolent plunderer of our property!"
She retraced her steps and made for the pavilion where she had lived so long; but just as she entered the avenue she was seen from afar by the forester of Gondreville, and she quickly reflected that her best plan was to go straight up to him. "You are out early, Madame Michu," he said, accosting her. "We are so unfortunate," she replied, "that I am obliged to do a servant's work myself.
The lieutenant was the same man whose head Francois Michu had broken two years earlier, and who had heard from Corentin the name of his mischievous assailant. Later he commanded the squadron of the Aube. The sub-lieutenant, named Welff, had formerly driven Corentin from Cinq-Cygne to the pavilion, and from the pavilion to Troyes.
"Monsieur d'Hauteserre had blamed me for not doing it," replied Michu. "But," said the prosecutor, "if you used that plaster on the post you must have had a trough and a trowel. Now, if you went to the chateau to tell Monsieur d'Hauteserre that you had done the work, how do you explain the fact that Gothard was bringing you more plaster.
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