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That same evening the mules were sent back to Saliente, and the fugitives resumed their journey. Abbe Midon had counselled them to reach Turin as quickly as possible. "It is a large city," he said; "you will be lost in the crowd. I have more than one friend there, whose name and address are upon this paper. Go to them, and in that way I will try to send you news of your father."
The baron paled beneath the insult, but he made no reply. There was, however, one man in the assemblage who could no longer endure this horrible and abominable injustice, and this man was Abbe Midon, who, only a moment before, had advised Maurice to be calm. He brusquely quitted his place, and advanced to the foot of the platform.
The heroic peasant had thrown himself upon his straw pallet, oppressed with feverish anxiety. Would Marie-Anne know how to make the best use of the weapon which he had placed in her hands? If he hoped so, it was because she would have as her counsellor and guide a man in whose judgment he had the most implicit confidence Abbe Midon.
Nor did his associate judges wish him to do so. Had Chanlouineau foreseen this? Probably. Yet, why had he ventured so hazardous a blow? The tribunal, after a short deliberation, decided that it would not admit this testimony which had so excited the audience, and stupefied Maurice and Abbe Midon. The examination was continued, therefore, with increased bitterness.
He was known as the Abbe Midon. At the sight of the two strangers seated in his drawing-room, he manifested some slight surprise. The carriage standing before the door had announced the presence of a visitor; but he had expected to find one of his parishioners. No one had warned him or the sacristan, and he was wondering with whom he had to deal, and what they desired of him.
Below, in the barren fields that surrounded the citadel, eight persons were waiting, silent, anxious, breathless. They were Mme. d'Escorval and Maurice, Marie-Anne, Abbe Midon, and the four retired army officers. There was no moon; but the night was very clear, and they could see the tower quite plainly.
The police have hunted high and low for trace of him, but can find none. But I have my suspicions " "What are they?" enquired Midon, "That he went out like Judas, and hanged himself?" "Truly he might have done that without loss or trouble to anyone!" said Patoux tranquilly, "But he thought too well of himself to be quite so ready for a meeting with le bon Dieu! No! I will tell you what I think.
I know that you are guided solely by friendship for me; my gratitude is great, but I cannot reply to your question. The events of the past few days have dug a deep abyss between you and me. Do not endeavor to pass it. Why should we ever meet again? I must say to you, what I said only yesterday to Abbe Midon. Even if they tell you that I am dying, do not come. This house is fatal.
This was so rapid, so extraordinarily rapid, as to astonish Abbe Midon, who had taken the place of the physician from Montaignac. "I never would have believed that Maurice could have been thus consoled," said Mme. d'Escorval, delighted to see her son's wonderful improvement in health and spirits. But the baron made no response.
Kneeling beside the unconscious man, Abbe Midon, with admirable dexterity, was stanching the blood and applying bandages which had been torn from the linen of those present. Maurice and one of the officers were assisting him. "Ah! if I had my hands on the scoundrel who cut the rope," cried the corporal, in a passion of indignation; "but patience. I shall have him yet." "Do you know who it was?"
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