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Mirande, as one of the few surviving Girondins and as a man still possessing friends and influence was peculiarly obnoxious to suspicion. The slightest accusation, the word of a servant, the hint of a rival, would suffice to despatch him also along the path which so many trod daily. The Vicomte, therefore, on rising in the morning, proposed to withdraw to his hiding-place.
The door was open at last, letting into the room a flood of light, and with the light three men who entered with levelled arms. The foremost, an officer girt with a huge tricolour scarf, stopped abruptly, his jaw dropping ludicrously as his eyes fell on the placid group before him. "Citizen Achille Mirande?" he said interrogatively. "Yes?
And with that, to the Vicomte's astonishment, M. Mirande departed, leaving the two together. For a moment the young man sat, troubled and perplexed, gazing at the floor.
I rode for Paris as a man rides for life. I was anxious to give myself up in her place if I could save her in no other way. But at Meaux, M. Mirande, I met your agent "
Nicolas loved his niece, with a pure love, but not without gratification of the senses. On the day following that on which he had learned of Robin's bankruptcy, he went to see Mirande in order to hold pious converse with her, as was his duty, for he stood in the place of a father to her, and had taken charge of her education.
Norbert Louis Ogier, Marquis d'Hautecoeur, Prince of Mirande and of Rouvres, Count of Ferrieres, of Montegu and of Saint Marc, and also of Villemareuil, Chevalier of the four Royal Orders of Saint Esprit, Saint Michel, Notre Dame de Carmel and Saint Louis, Lieutenant in the Army of the King, Governor of Normandy, holding office as Captain-General of the Hunting, and Master of the Hounds.
Vir magne, vir mirande, vir sine exemplo. Ep. 100. p. 474. Ep. 68. Cent. 2. Life, B. 2. p. 93. Life, B. 3. p. 182. Anti Baillet. c. 3. Popo Blanet, p. 746. Ep. 277. 2 Lettre du xxi. Livre, p. 831. Bibliotheque choisie, p. 461. Ep. 13. Præs. vir. p. 23. Du Maurier, p. 393. Ep. Sar. p. 145. Ep. Sar. 128. p. 143. Ep. 21. p. 24. Ep. Vossi, 728. p. 38. Vind. Grot. p. 446. Crenii Anim. phil. et hist.
"The Incorruptible," murmured the Commissary. And saluted. "Corruptible or Incorruptible," Mirande rejoined, with a sneer, "he is fallen! He is fallen! Within the last ten minutes he has been arrested and lodged in the Tuileries!" "You rave!" cried the officer. While Bercy and Corinne cast dazed glances about them, and the other men stared in stupid wonder.
In that case, do you accept, or do you refuse?" "I accept," the Vicomte answered solemnly, carried away by the other's burst of feeling. "I accept the charge." M. Mirande smiled, but only for a moment. Quickly the light died out of his face, leaving it stern and austere.
The return of M. Mirande later in the day, if it did not dispel these gloomy thoughts, compelled him at any rate to conceal them. The evening meal passed much as the morning one had passed; the host uttering a few formal phrases, while the other two sat for the most part silent.
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