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But, even if this were so, it would not have satisfactorily explained to Henrietta the eagerness of Papa Ravinet to serve her, nor his perseverance in offering her his advice. Was it merely from charity that he did all this? Alas! Christian charity is not often so pressing. Did he know who Henrietta was?
At the name of the wretch who had been so bent upon ruining them both, and who had been so nearly successful, Henrietta and Daniel trembled, and looked at each other. But Papa Ravinet did not give them, time to ask any questions, and continued, as calmly as if he had been reading a report,
I have no doubt the assassins told each other that Count Ville-Handry would never survive such a foul stain on his honor. And they dared all, sure as they were that that honorable man would carry the secret of their wickedness and of their unheard-of robbery with him to the grave." Papa Ravinet leisurely wiped the perspiration from his brow. Then he replied in a hoarse voice,
At the noise he made, Henrietta roused herself. When she saw the old merchant, she said in a faint, feeble voice, "Ah! it is you, sir. These kind ladies have told me all. You have saved my life." Then, shaking her head, she added, "You have rendered me a sad service, sir." She uttered these words so simply, but in a tone of such harrowing grief, that Papa Ravinet was overcome.
But in the interval a hopeful smile had reappeared on Henrietta's face, and she looked almost happy, when, about midnight, Papa Ravinet left them with the words, "To-morrow evening I shall have news. I am going to the navy department." The next day he reappeared precisely at six o'clock, but in what a condition!
And, fearfully excited, he asked her, "Did I hear right? Did you say the concierge of that house in Water Street, and his wife, were called Chevassat?" "Yes, why?" "Because Maxime de Brevan's real name is Justin Chevassat." Papa Ravinet started up as if he had been shot. "What," he said, "you know that?" "I learned it three months ago.
It required nothing less to rouse him from his stupor than the sight of Papa Ravinet, who was waiting for him below, hid in a corner of his carriage. "Is it you?" he said. "Yes, myself. And it seems it was well I came. But for me, the count would have kept you; but I came to your rescue by sending him up a letter. Now, tell me all."
Her exquisite beauty looked almost ethereal under the circumstances; and Papa Ravinet, when he saw her, remained fixed by admiration, standing upon the threshold of the open door. But it occurred to him at once that he might be looked upon as a spy, and that his feelings would be sure to be misinterpreted. He coughed, therefore, to give warning, and then stepped in.
They have no doubt deceived him, cheated him, misled him, and driven him at last to the verge of bankruptcy." "Who?" Papa Ravinet trembled on his chair, and, raising his hands to the ceiling, exclaimed, "Who? You ask who? Why, those who had an interest in it, the wretches by whom he was surrounded, Sarah, Sir Thorn" Henrietta shook her head and said,
It struck two when Daniel jumped out of a carriage before No. 79 in Peletier Street, where the offices of the Pennsylvania Petroleum Company were now, and where Count Ville-Handry lived at present. Never in his life had he felt so embarrassed, or so dissatisfied with himself. In vain had Papa Ravinet and Mrs.
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