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'And, added Berenger, 'let me also present the young De Selinville, to whom I owe my escape. Where is he, Philip? He seemed to be busy with the horses, and Berenger could not catch his eye. 'Selinville! I thought that good Huguenot house was extinct. 'This is a relation of the late Count de Selinville, my cousin's husband, Sire. He arranged my evasion, and would be in danger at Nid-de-Merle.
'Ah, have we not seen the wonders come to pass that a like diviner fortold to the Queen-mother? said Diane: 'her sons should be all kings that was told her when the eldest was yet Dauphin. 'And there is only one yet to come, said Philip, awe-struck. 'But see, what has he now? 'Veronique's kerchief, returned Madame de Selinville, as the Italian began to interpret the boy's gesture.
Nevertheless, before the hour of departure, Guibert had stolen out, had an interview with the Chevalier de Ribaumont at the Hotel de Selinville, and came back with more than one good French crown in his pocket, and hopes of more. The cream tarts with pepper in them.
Philip kept as near the incoming waves as his inland-bred horse would endure, and sang, shouted, and hallooed to them as welcome as English waves; but Aime de Selinville had never even beheld the sea before: and even when the tide was still in the distance, was filled with nervous terror as each rushing fall sounded nearer; and, when the line of white foamy crests became more plainly visible, he was impelled to hurry on towards the steeple so fast that the guide shouted to him that he would only bury himself in a quicksand.
So Berenger arranged for an early start on the morrow; and young Selinville listened with a frown, and strange look in his dark eyes. 'You go not to England? he said. 'Not yet? said Berenger
We have law on our side, and, did I once claim her, no one could resist my right. Or should the war break out, as is probable, then could my son sweep their whole province with his troops. This time she cannot escape us. The scene that her father's words and her own imagination conjured up, of Eustacie attracting the handsome widower-duke, removed all remaining scruples from Madame de Selinville.
Meantime, Philip was in raptures with the kindness of the beautiful Madame de Selinville. He, whom the Mistresses Walsingham treated as a mere clumsy boy, was promoted by her manner to be a man and a cavalier.
One August day, when Madame de Selinville and her lady attendants were supping at the castle at the early hour of six, a servant brought in word that an Italian pedlar craved leave to display his wares. He was welcome, both for need's sake and for amusement, and was readily admitted.
What he means is past a plain man, for as to Berry's wife she is handy, and notable enough, and 'tis well he loves her so well; but what a little brown thing it is, for a man to have gone through such risks for. Nothing to look at beside his mother! 'If you could only see Madame de Selinville! sighed Philip; then 'Ah! sir, you would know the worth of Eustacie had you seen her in yonder town.
In the early twilight, Pere Bonami brought a message that Madame de Selinville requested M. le Baron to come and speak with her, and he was accordingly conducted, with the gendarme behind him, to a small chamber opening into the hall the same where the incantations of the Italian pedlar had been played off before Philip and Diane.
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