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"Yes, my lord." "And that worthy Monsieur du Vallon, are we not to enjoy his society?" "Certainly, my lord; he is waiting in his carriage at the gate of the garden of the Palais Royal." "And we start in his carriage, then?" "Yes, my lord." "And with us no other escort but you two?" "Is it not enough? One of us would suffice."
You must mount your horse and proceed to the Rue Tiquetonne, Hotel de la Chevrette, whence you will take my horse and that of Monsieur du Vallon, which you must saddle and equip as if for war, and then you will leave Paris, bringing them with you to Cours la Reine. If, when you arrive at Cours la Reine, you find no one, you must go on to Saint Germain. On the king's service."
They vanished. Dale thought it necessary to explain. "One of them chaps has a new French car, my lord, and he was blowing so loudly about it that I had to take him down a peg or two." Medenham grew interested. Like every keen motorist, he could "talk shop" at all times. "What sort of car?" "A 59 Du Vallon, my lord.
Then came the following schedule of his extensive lands: "I possess at this present time, by the grace of God The domain of Pierrefonds, lands, woods, meadows, waters, and forests, surrounded by good walls. The domain of Bracieux, chateaux, forests, plowed lands, forming three farms. The little estate Du Vallon, so named because it is in the valley."
The king seemed charmed at his guest's politeness. "Will you try some of these creams?" he said to Porthos. "Sire, you majesty treats me with far too much kindness to prevent me speaking the whole truth." "Pray do so, M. du Vallon."
There was, in fact, a hoarse, growling kind of noise, like the roar of a hungry tiger, or an impatient lion. "Oh, that is nothing," said Pellisson, smiling. "Well; but " "It is M. du Vallon snoring." "Ah! true," said Aramis. "I had forgotten. No one but he is capable of making such a noise. Allow me, Pellisson, to inquire if he wants anything." "And you will permit me to accompany you?"
But, although I do not believe that this cave was constructed as a military vidette and guard-house, I have no doubt whatever that it may have been so used, and it is very probable that at this point took place the first brush of Clovis and his Franks with the enemy, for the valley bears the name of Le Vallon des Goths.
There are numbers of them about the world, and one I know of is up here in our mountains, he pointed through the north wall towards the pine-clad Jura, 'not far from the slopes of Boudry where the forests dip towards the precipices of the Areuse The phrase ran oddly through him like an inspiration, or the beginning of a song he once had heard somewhere. 'Ah, beyond le Vallon Vert?
Planchet then suggested that the Baron du Vallon should taste some noyeau of his own manufacture, which was not to be equaled anywhere; an offer the baron immediately accepted; and, in this way, Planchet managed to engage his enemy's attention during the whole of the day, by dint of sacrificing his cellar, in preference to his amour propre. Two hours afterwards D'Artagnan returned.
Devote, the patron saint of Monaco, that little building which everyone knows standing at the entrance to that deep gorge the Vallon des Gaumates, they descended the steep, narrow path which runs beside the mountain torrent and were soon alone in the beautiful little valley where the grey-green olives overhang the rippling stream.
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