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Montresor, Fontrailles, the Baron de Beauvau, Olivier d'Entraigues, Gondi, the Comte du Lude, and the Advocate Fournier, disguised as soldiers, workmen, and morris-dancers, armed with poniards under their clothes, had dispersed amid the crowd more than five hundred gentlemen and domestics, disguised like themselves.
Next I stepped down from the coach and turned to take leave of Mademoiselle, whereupon Montresor, thinking that peradventure matters were as they appeared to be between us, and, being a man of fine feelings, signed to his men to fall back, whilst he himself withdrew a few paces. "Adieu, Mademoiselle!" I said simply.
A year after I left, Montresor, who had foolishly entered into some speculations, lost all his fortune. In a fortnight after the event, Veronese society was electrified by the public announcement of Madame Montresor's first appearance in public as an opera-singer. I forget what her opening piece was.
She herself had suggested to Montresor, of course in Lady Henry's name, that he should be brought to Bruton Street some Wednesday evening. Presently there was a little shifting of groups.
Montresor stumbled into the room, and even with his eye-glasses carefully adjusted, did not at once perceive who was in it. Sir Wilfrid went towards him. "Ah, Bury! Convalescent, I hope?" "Quite. The Duchess has gone to meet Mrs. Delafield." "Mrs. ?" Montresor's mouth opened. "But, of course, you know?" "Oh yes, I know. But one's tongue has to get oiled. You see Lady Henry?" Montresor started.
"I am sorry," he answered in softened tones, "but you must see that I cannot do otherwise. I warned you; more you cannot expect of me." I sighed, and stood musing for an instant. Then "You are right, Montresor. Nevertheless, I am still grateful to you for the warning you gave me in Paris. God pity and help Canaples! Adieu, Montresor. I do not think that you will see me again."
"O, my father!" said Claude, in a voice which was broken with emotion, "Heaven knows I never was ashamed. I believed your innocence, and wept over your wrongs. I am glad now, not for myself, but for you." "Where is the Countess de Montresor?" said Père Michel. "She should not be kept in restraint any longer."
And Kenneth placed the yellow sheet in Eleanor's hand. She read aloud to anxious Polly: "One branch of family has a Montresor two generations back the name was used as surname. Brother was christened Peter Miles Montresor Amesbury. Disliked name Montresor, dropped it when young. Every one forgot about it. Am sending letter with photograph of Peter. Show Polly. Wire results. Father may come west.
First went Montresor and two of his men; next came the Chevalier with Mademoiselle, and on either side of them a trooper; whilst I, in head-piece and back and breast of steel, went last with Mathurin, the sergeant who warmly praised the plan I had devised for the conveyance of M. de Canaples to Paris without further loss of time.
But his troubles are a thing that I am afraid to speak about, and therefore I have never found out anything about them. So I don't know anything about Montresor, more than this. And the trouble is something terrible, I know," continued Mimi, "for it has forced him, at his time of life, to leave his home and become an exile.
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