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But as to Toussac, I should have no pity upon him, for I know him to be a murderer five times over, and I know also that there will be no peace in France until he has been taken. Cousin Louis, will you help me to do it? The lieutenant had been tugging at his moustache and looking me up and down with a jealous eye.
'But this dreadful man Toussac has not been taken yet, she cried. 'Have I not heard that a young lady is endeavouring to do what has baffled the secret police, and that the freedom of her lover is to be the reward of her success? 'She is my cousin, your Imperial Majesty. Mademoiselle Sibylle Bernac is her name.
Yet I could not deny that when, through my own foolish curiosity, I had placed myself in a most hopeless position, it was he who had braved the wrath of the formidable Toussac in order to extricate me. It was evident also that he might have made his achievement more striking by delivering up two prisoners instead of one to the troopers.
There could be no mistaking the huge bristling beard, the broad chest, and the rounded shoulders of Toussac. A glance showed him that we would ride him down before he could get away, and he sprang back into the mill, closing the heavy door with a clang behind him. 'The window, Gerard, the window! cried Savary. There was a small, square window opening into the basement room of the mill.
The stair was a narrow winding one made of wood, which led to a small loft lighted from a slit in the wall. Some remains of wood and a litter of straw showed that this was where Toussac had spent his day. There was, however, no sign of him now, and it was evident that he had ascended the next flight of steps. We climbed them, only to find our way barred by a heavy door.
For a minute or more we all stayed with straining ears while the wind still whimpered in the chimney or rattled the crazy window. 'It was nothing, said Lesage at last, with a nervous laugh. 'The storm makes curious sounds sometimes. 'I heard nothing, said Toussac. 'Hush! cried the other. 'There it is again!
It was but for a moment, and then my mind was clear again, and I was looking up at the strange gaunt face of my examiner. 'Whence have you come? he asked. 'From England. 'But you are French? 'Yes. 'When did you arrive? 'To-night. 'How? 'In a lugger from Dover. 'The fellow is speaking the truth, growled Toussac. 'Yes, I'll say that for him, that he is speaking the truth.
'It is because we have talked instead of acting that this Buonaparte has a crown upon his head or a head upon his shoulders. Let us have done with the fellow and come to business. The refined features of Lesage made me look towards him as to a possible protector, but his large dark eyes were as cold and hard as jet as he looked back at me. 'What Toussac says is right, said he.
It was your idea, Josephine, and I give you credit for it. But now, de Laval, I feel that we owe you some recompense for having set the young aristocrats a good example, and for having had a share in this Toussac business. You have certainly acted very well. 'I ask no recompense, sire, said I, with an uneasy sense of what was coming. 'It is your modesty that speaks.
My life depended upon the answer which was to come to the appeal of my champion. Lesage tapped his fingers upon his teeth, and smiled indulgently at the earnestness of his companion. 'Rule 13! Rule 13! he kept repeating, in that exasperating voice of his. 'I will take all responsibility. 'I'll tell you what, mister, said Toussac, in his savage voice.
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