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Independently of a sort of inexplicable fascination which du Portail exercised over his agent, he never lost an opportunity to remind him of the very questionable point of departure of their intercourse. The next day Cerizet returned. "You guessed right," said du Portail.
Till the 6th of October the besieging army was assiduously employed in disembarking its heavy artillery and military stores and in conveying them to camp from the landing place in James river, a distance of six miles. On the night of the 6th the first parallel was begun, under the direction of General du Portail, the chief engineer, 600 yards from the British works.
Between the "abside" and the "portail," in a kind of cavity, the dome of Otho III., built over the tomb of Charlemagne in the tenth century, is hid from view.
Hold your regiment in readiness to move out at nightfall in support of the pioneers who will begin breaking ground this evening. Further and specific orders will reach you later through the regular channels." It was already dark when Brereton, guiding General du Portail and the engineers, once more came out upon the plain.
Between this ridge and the river lay an angular table-land, falling to the valley beyond. Along this ridge, and high on Mount Joy, were the intrenchments laid out by Du Portail, and within them were the camps of rare tents and the rows of wooden huts.
"But your sister," he continued, "is distraught. She has sat at the window all day as you see her now sometimes looking at it. Oh, Felix," in a voice shaken by tears, "this has been a dreadful day for this house!" The young Portail assented by a groan. "And Susanne?" he asked. "Is with Mistress Marie, terrified almost to death, poor child.
General Lincoln deemed it necessary to reserve all his strength to man his lines in the event of an assault, or to force a retreat, should he determine to evacuate the city. In this state of things, General Du Portail, who had been directed to join the southern army, was conducted by secret ways into the town.
As he went downstairs Cerizet was surprised to see, through one of the small round windows, an old man, evidently du Portail, walking in the garden with a very important member of the government, Comte Martial de la Roche-Hugon.
Left alone, Theodose was a prey to thoughts which may perhaps be imagined. After a while the door opened, and Bruneau, the old valet, ushered in Cerizet. Seeing la Peyrade, the latter exclaimed: "Ha! ha! I knew it! I knew you would end by seeing du Portail. And the marriage, how does that come on?" "What are you doing here?" asked la Peyrade.
And Adrian added some simple directions, by following which his guest might reach the Rue des Lombards without difficulty. An hour later if the thoughts of those who lay sleepless under that roof could have been traced, strange contrasts would have appeared. Was Felix Portail thinking of his dead father, or of his sweetheart in the Rue des Lombards, or of his schemes of ambition?
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