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Still, after all, Mr Valmont, we have no assurance that he is the same person this young man refers to. 'I am certain he is. He does not go under the name of Colonel Jim Baxter, I suppose? 'No. The convict had been looking from one to the other of us during this colloquy. Suddenly he drew his chair up closer to the table.
'Where nothing criminal has been alleged, Monsieur Valmont, I see no necessity for defence. If you wish me to admit that somehow you have acquired a number of details regarding our business, I am perfectly willing to do so, and to subscribe to their accuracy. If you will be good enough to let me know of what you complain, I shall endeavour to make the point clear to you if I can.
And now, when I began to explain how I inquired about you at the Valmont, as if it was from Morehouse, you didn't " "I felt there could be no explanation I'd care to hear," Angela finished for him. "I beg your pardon! Still I don't see why you should take Mr. Morehouse's responsibilities on your shoulders for my sake." "No, you'll never see that," Nick sighed.
'Oh, she said at last, 'you are Monsieur Valmont. Excuse me that I am so stupid. Will you take a chair? 'Thank you, madam. It is I who should ask to be excused for so unceremonious a morning call. I have come to ask you a question. Can you cook? The lady looked at me with some surprise, mingled perhaps with so much of indignation as such a mild person could assume.
Is the man to be sent to perdition for a momentary weakness? His words astonished me. Was I on the verge of hearing a confession? It almost amounted to that already. 'Mr. Dacre, I said, 'I cannot enter into the subtleties you pursue. My duty is to find the criminal. 'Again I say you are in the right, Monsieur Valmont, and I am enchanted to find so sensible a head on French shoulders.
"Oh, Monsieur Valmont, let me compose for you an omelette which will prove a dream," and she did. One should not forget that Louis XVIII himself cooked the truffes
He had, however, decided that I might be trusted with this book, which was called the Comte de Valmont. Many people will no doubt wonder what could have been the book which my worthy director thought could only be read after a special preparation as regards judgment and maturity.
Her cheeks were bright with Nature's rouge, and her eyes sparkled more dazzlingly than any emerald that ever tempted man to wickedness. 'Oh, Monsieur Valmont, I have been waiting for you, and you escaped me. Have you seen my uncle? 'Yes, I have been with him since ten o'clock. 'Well? 'Your ladyship, that is exactly the word with which he accosted me.
It could only be compared to those imaginary edifices of which we have all read in childhood's happy days in taking text, under an attractive picture: "The castle of M. de Valmont was agreeably situated at the summit of a pretty hill."
When the card was brought in to me, I looked upon it with some misgiving, for I scented a commercial transaction, and, although such cases are lucrative enough, nevertheless I, Eugène Valmont, formerly high in the service of the French Government, do not care to be connected with them.
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