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I see no lie in that." "No, Sire; but Saxe fixed the day definitely, and Molembrais was alive at the time." The King's hands slipped to his lap and he sank yet further into the pillows.
"There was need of witnesses for the sake of the publicity afterwards." "Um! I do not say you were wrong, but it has turned out badly. Well?" "Saxe proved too much. He swore the Dauphin quoted Molembrais' death as a reason why all France was " Commines paused, fearing to offend by an unpalatable truth, but Louis ended the sentence for him. "Why France was afraid. Well, that was probable.
"Hugues said the King's sickness made him peevish and suspicious, so that he doubted even his own friends. No one was safe, neither high nor low, and no one could tell who would follow the same road as Monsieur de Molembrais, whose safe-conduct couldn't save him.
Not a day passed but there was a hanging, and de Molembrais was a warning to both high and low. For a man to keep his own life at all cost was no murder." "True," said Villon. "Toute beste garde sa pel! Yes, monsieur?" "That was the gist of it; vague as you see, but significant. Then, two days ago, Hugues spoke a second time, urging Saxe to a decision.
There was great discontent, said Hugues, and greater fear. The death of de Molembrais, guaranteed though he was by a safe-conduct, had set France asking who was secure if once the King had determined on his destruction. Even loyalty was no safeguard. In the King's sick suspicion his most faithful servants might be the first to suffer.
Molembrais from his clasp, and he was pressed back downward on the floor, a sword at his throat. It was Commines; Leslie and a guard held Molembrais; beyond, at the doorway, stood Ursula de Vesc; by the bedside Father John stooped above the King, his arm thrown round him. "Stephen, Stephen, what madness is this?" Propped on his arm La Mothe pointed to Molembrais. "Molembrais!" he panted.
"Do not ask me, but persuade La Mothe to keep away from Valmy; let him go anywhere anywhere, but not to Valmy. Remember Molembrais, and Monsieur La Mothe has not even a safe-conduct." "Stephen, Stephen, for my sake! Oh, that terrible King!" "Beloved, I must go to Valmy, my word is pledged. Help me to be strong to go; you who are so loyal and so brave, be brave now for me.
"The safe-conduct was given before Molembrais' treason was fully proved." "Then it is the King's justice to lure suspects " "There can be no faith with traitors. Did the safe-conduct make his treason less? Do you not see," he went on, as La Mothe made no reply, "that Molembrais got no more than his deserts?" "Like the brawler in Tours," said the lad whimsically.
Remember Saxe. The risk would be madness, the danger " "Where you go I go," she answered steadily. "Dear, do not try to dissuade me, it would be no use. Let us not fret ourselves in the little time we have. And is the danger less for you than for me?" "Do you mean," demanded Molembrais, "that the signet will give admission to the King at any hour, day or night?" "At any hour, yes."
Somehow he would get Louis of France into his grip, and somehow he would break to liberty. At the door of the King's ante-room Leslie met them, and their guide stepped aside: his work was done. In silence Molembrais held up the signet. Instinctively he felt that neither bluster nor importunity would serve him now. Then he glanced aside at La Mothe.
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