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'Toussac! cried the miller. 'Nothing of the kind. His name is Maurice, and he is a merchant in silks. 'He is the man we want. We come in the Emperor's name. The miller's jaw dropped as he listened. 'I don't know who he is, but he offered a good price for a bed and I asked no more questions. In these days one cannot expect a certificate of character from every lodger.
Oh, Charles, you have not the heart! I think I hear them coming, Charles. Let me pass; I beg and implore you to let me pass. The granite face shook slowly from side to side. 'But why me? Why not Toussac? 'If the dog had crippled Toussac, why then I might have had you both. But friend Toussac is rather vigorous for a thin little fellow like me.
Let me examine him! If he is a police spy he shall die! You may have him then, Toussac. But if he is only a harmless traveller, who has blundered in here by an evil chance, and who has been led by a foolish curiosity to inquire into our business, then you will leave him to me.
This sound which we had heard seemed to show that Toussac had also known how to open it. But suppose that he had closed it behind him. I remembered its size and the iron clampings which bound it together. It was possible that even at the last moment we might find ourselves face to face with an insuperable obstacle.
'That is right, Monsieur de Laval, said the Emperor. 'This interview can lead to nothing. Remove your cousin from the room! But she had again turned to him with a face which showed that even now all hope had not been abandoned. 'Sire, she cried. 'You say that an example must be made. There is Toussac ! 'Ah, if I could lay my hands upon Toussac! 'He is the dangerous man.
Two days had passed away since the reception of the Empress Josephine, and only one remained of the time which had been allowed to my cousin Sibylle in which she might save her lover, and capture the terrible Toussac. For my own part I was not so very anxious that she should save this craven lover of hers, whose handsome face belied the poor spirit within him.
I confess that when, after guiding Toussac to this shelter, I followed you in and perceived a gentleman's legs projecting from the fireplace, even my wits, which are usually none of the slowest, hardly grasped the situation. Toussac, however, grasped the legs. He is always practical, the good Toussac. 'Enough words! growled the hairy creature beside me.
A clear rising cry floated high above the wailing of the storm; a wild, musical cry, beginning on a low note, and thrilling swiftly up to a keen, sharp-edged howl. 'A hound! 'They are following us! Lesage dashed to the fireplace, and I saw him thrust his papers into the blaze and grind them down with his heel. Toussac seized the wood-axe which leaned against the wall.
And suddenly I became conscious that they could all three see something which was invisible to me. I read it from their tense faces and their staring eyes. Toussac swung his axe over his shoulder and poised himself for a blow. Lesage cowered away and put one hand between his eyes and the open door.
I have not time to think of such things myself, but my wife will sleep more soundly now that she knows that this Toussac is out of the way. 'Yes, yes, he was a terrible man, cried the Empress. 'So was that Georges Cadoudal. They were both terrible men. 'I have my star, Josephine, said Napoleon, patting her upon the head.
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