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Updated: June 25, 2025
Vauquelas, as we have said before, had arrived at the trying age of three-score and ten, which, for the majority of men, is the age of decrepitude, that sinister forerunner of death; but time had neither bowed his head nor enfeebled his intellect.
They will buy them from us, and they will be ever grateful to us. Come, my boy, make up your mind. Will you become my partner in this enterprise?" "I accept your offer," replied Coursegol. He saw his fortune assured in a few years, and Dolores forever out of the reach of want. "Do you know how to write?" Vauquelas inquired. "Not very well." "That is bad.
And seeing Philip hesitate, the man continued: "The citizen and this young woman will follow us to the station-house. They can explain matters to the officials there; and if no blame attaches to them, they will be immediately set at liberty." "Yes, yes, take them away," cried Vauquelas, glad of any decision that would remove the soldiers from his house.
This time Coursegol obeyed; but he stood before Vauquelas, angry and menacing. The latter trembled. He had not foreseen that Coursegol would hold him accountable for the arrest of Philip and Dolores. "Explain and quickly!" cried Coursegol. "The soldiers came to the house in pursuit of young Philip, who had taken refuge in this room. To save him, Dolores said she was his wife.
With a word, Vauquelas quieted him; then, turning to Coursegol, he said, smiling: "This is the guardian of my dwelling. If need be, he can hold a band of robbers at bay." They reached the house and were admitted by the old servant, who conducted them to the drawing-room. "Give me a lantern and then go to bed, my good woman," said Vauquelas.
"You shall judge," rejoined Vauquelas, not appearing in the least wounded by Coursegol's remark. "Last month the Republic passed a decree against the Émigrés, ordering the confiscation of their property for the benefit of the nation. This measure has been carried into execution, and the government is now the possessor of a large amount of such property.
"And why?" inquired Coursegol, who had been listening attentively. "The reason is plain," replied Vauquelas. "Will it not be for the interest of the exiled owners that their estates should be bought on the most favorable possible terms, and properly cared for. The brigands who are now in power will fall some day; and then the Émigrés will return.
On entering the garden, Vauquelas glanced around, but, seeing no place which he deemed sufficiently retired, he seemed to change his plan. "I fear that these trees have ears," said he, "and what I wish to say to you must not be overheard." And without saying more, he led the way to the Café Corazza. They entered it.
Some enemy of the Republic, you may be sure, who has sought shelter in my house at the risk of compromising the honor of this young girl, and my reputation as well." Dolores trembled; then sacrificing, not without a terrible effort, her maidenly delicacy and modesty she said: "You are mistaken, Citizen Vauquelas. This man is my husband!" "Your husband! Are you married?"
All prisoners who are set at liberty are released by order of the Committee; and the order given me by Vauquelas is a fac-simile of those always used." "With this difference, however: the names of those to be released have not yet been inserted," objected Dolores.
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