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Marthe, agitated by the same thoughts as those of her husband, was also troubled in heart by the danger of the Simeuse brothers; for she now understood all, even the faces of the two Parisians, though she still could not explain to herself her husband's gun. She darted forward like a doe, and soon reached the road to the chateau.
The keeper of Couvrai is the father of one of their soldiers; he has hidden them tonight in a hut in the forest deserted by charcoal-burners. They are eight in all, Messieurs d'Hauteserre and four others are with my cousins." "Mademoiselle, no one is looking for the others! let them save themselves as they can; we must think only of the Messieurs de Simeuse. It is enough just to warn the rest."
They had scarcely reached the forest of Gondreville before the hotel Cinq-Cygne was surrounded; Malin came himself to arrest the heirs of the house of Simeuse. He dared not lay hands on the Comtesse de Cinq-Cygne, who was in bed with a nervous fever, nor on Laurence, a child of twelve. The servants, fearing the severity of the Republic, had disappeared.
"That is the effect of a smile I gave him," said Peyrade. "Bah! when I think of all the mischief I have known caused by smiles!" said Corentin. "To say nothing of that caused by a whip-lash," said Peyrade, referring to the Simeuse case. "This is what is going on," said Contenson.
"They will be less dangerous to you here than if they are exiled; for they will now have to swear allegiance to the Empire and the laws," said Fouche, looking at Malin fixedly. "In what way are they dangerous to the senator?" asked Napoleon. Talleyrand spoke to the Emperor for some minutes in a low voice. The reinstatement of the Messieurs de Simeuse and d'Hauteserre appeared to be granted.
He has created Imperial fiefs, he will therefore make counts. Malin is determined to be Comte de Gondreville. That is a fancy," he added, looking at the Simeuse brothers, "which might be profitable to you " "Or fatal," said Laurence. As soon as the horses were put-to the marquis took leave, accompanied to the door by the whole party.
"Something extraordinary is going on, I am sure of it!" she exclaimed, looking at all of them. "To whom are you speaking?" asked Laurence. "To all of you," said the old lady. "As for me, mother," said Robert, "I am frightfully hungry, and that is not extraordinary." Madame d'Hauteserre, still troubled, offered the Marquis de Simeuse a plate intended for his brother.
"Everything can be arranged," he said, drawing the Marquis de Simeuse into a corner of the dining-room. "Perhaps after all it is nothing but a joke; you've been a soldier and soldiers understand each other. Tell me, what have you really done with the senator? If you have killed him why, that's the end of it!
The elder Simeuse was confident that Malin would restore Gondreville for an indemnity. These rash youths were determined to do exactly the contrary of what the Marquis de Chargeboeuf had advised. Robert, who shared these hopes, was thinking of them when he gave utterance to the fatal words. "Not a word of this, old friend," said Michu to Beauvisage, waiting behind the others to lock the gate.
"Nay, I am not jesting," said the Minister. "You were called two years since, and your defence in the case of Simeuse and Hauteserre had raised you high in your profession." "I had supposed that my interest in those unfortunate emigres had done me no good." "You are still very young," said the great man gravely.
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