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But M. de Tregars was too much on his guard to expose himself, by continuing to speak thus, to reveal the secret of his designs. Besides, whilst he was thoroughly satisfied as to the manoeuvres used to defraud his father he had, as yet, but presumptions on what concerned Vincent Favoral. "Permit me not to say another word, madame," he replied.
Gilberte seek in all this crowd the one she hoped to see. The hours went by, and she was getting discouraged, when suddenly, towards dusk, at the corner of the Rue Turenne, "'Tis he," cried a voice within her. It was, in fact, M. de Tregars. He was walking towards the Boulevard, slowly, and his eyes raised. Palpitating, the girl rose to her feet.
Ah, M. le Marquis! how could I ever expect such a thing from you? you, whom I thought I had the right to look upon as a friend. And it is you, who, when a great misfortune befalls me, attempts to give me the finishing stroke. It is you who would crush me under the weight of slanders gathered in the gutter." M. de Tregars stopped him with a gesture.
She liked to imagine Marius de Tregars and M. Costeclar in presence of each other, the one as imperious and haughty as she had seen him meek and trembling; the other more humble still than he was arrogant with her. "One thing is certain," she repeated to herself; "and that is, I am saved."
The suspicion of the Parisian tradesman is easily aroused; and, as his head is stuffed with stories of spies and robbers, as soon as he is questioned he becomes as dumb as an oyster. But M. de Tregars had foreseen the difficulty: "I beg you to believe, madame," he went on, "that my questions are not dictated by an idle curiosity. Here are the facts.
"Now it is indeed all over, and it is useless to continue our search. My father is certainly guilty." But M. de Tregars was not the man thus to give up the game. "Guilty? Yes," he said, "but dupe also." "Whose dupe?" "That's what we'll find out, you may depend upon it." "What! after what we have just heard?" "I have more hope than ever." "Did you learn any thing from Mme. Zelie Cadelle, then?"
As soon as they had separated, each one said to himself, 'Since the others are going to keep their stock, like fools, I am going to sell mine. Now, as there were three or four hundred of them who argued the same way, the market was flooded with shares." Looking the brilliant financier straight in the eyes, "And yourself?" interrupted M. de Tregars.
M. de Tregars took it up quickly. Two lines only were written. He read: "I release you from your engagement, Marius. Henceforth you are free." He became whiter than his shirt. "You wish to release me from my engagement!" he exclaimed. "You " "Is it not my duty? Ah! if it had only been our fortune, I should perhaps have rejoiced to lose it. I know your heart.
She counted twenty-five, which, so far as M. de Tregars could judge, must have been hundred-franc notes. The man took them, counted them over, slipped them into his pocket with a grin of satisfaction, and then seemed disposed to retire.
The waiter returned, bringing two glasses of a muddy liquid, a piece of cloth, the color of which was concealed under a layer of dirt, and a pack of cards horribly soft and greasy. "My deal," said Maxence. And he began shuffling, and giving the cards, whilst M. de Tregars was examining the punch-drinkers at the next table.
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