United States or Western Sahara ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Montrevel divided his force into several bodies, and so disposed them as completely to surround the comparatively small Camisard force, near Langlade.
This order, which put everything back upon the footing on which it had been in the time of M. de Montrevel, had hardly been issued than d'Aygaliers, in despair at seeing the result of so much labour destroyed in one day, set off for the mountains to try and find Cavalier. He found him at Cardet, whither, as we have said, he had retired after the day of Calvisson.
With an instinctive movement to put herself between the danger and her son, Madame de Montrevel, while complying with that request, pushed Edouard behind her. That instant sufficed for the boy to seize the conductor's pistols.
But your big brother will answer for me that I am a man of my word." "Yes, Edouard, yes," said Roland. "If Sir John promises them to you, you will get them." Then turning to Madame de Montrevel and his sister, "Excuse me, my mother; excuse me, Amelie; or rather, excuse yourselves as best you can to Sir John, for you have made me abominably ungrateful."
"Probably because some talisman protects you." "Monsieur, let me tell you something. I am a straight-forward man who walks by daylight. I have a horror of all that is mysterious." "Happy those who can walk the highroads by daylight, Monsieur de Montrevel!" "That is why I am going to tell you the oath I made, Monsieur Morgan.
I don't know just what is the matter; but it seems a diligence was stopped on the outskirts of the Black Forest in broad daylight. Fouche will find his credit in danger if the thing goes on." Madame de Montrevel was about to answer when the door opened and an usher appeared. "The First Consul awaits Madame de Montrevel," he said.
"Oh!" said the Englishman, without betraying the least surprise, "do you think so?" "I am sure of it," replied Roland. "Truly, he is a very extraordinary man, your General Bonaparte. Now, have you any other recommendations to make to me, M. de Montrevel?" "One only, my lord." "Oh! as many as you please." "No, thank you, one only, but that is very important." "What is it?"
My brother got back safe from that, and so will I from the other." "Roland," cried Madame de Montrevel, while Amelie, lost in thought, took no part in the discussion, "Roland, make Edouard listen to reason. Tell him that he hasn't got common-sense." But Roland, who recognized himself again in his young brother, instead of blaming him, smiled at his boyish ardor.
Josephine, leading the child, went out of one door, and Madame de Montrevel followed the usher through the other. On the way the countess met a fair man, with a pale face and haggard eye, who looked at her with an uneasiness that seemed habitual to him. She drew hastily aside to let him pass. The usher noticed her movement. "That is the minister of police," he said in a low voice.
His eyes went back to the letter. There was no legal marriage possible between the sister of Roland de Montrevel and the leader of the Companions of Jehu: that was the terrible secret which I bore and it crushed me. One person alone had to know it, and I told him; that person was Sir John Tanlay.
Word Of The Day