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Updated: June 14, 2025
I misdoubted whether this was not all a sham, and could hardly believe him the same frenzied Jerome who had pleaded so hard, and fought so desperately for this self-same packet of Yvard's, which at this time reposed within easy reach of his hand. Once he reached out and took it up negligently, inspected the seals and marks, then replaced it.
Imagine my utter astonishment when we stood together within the gaming room at Bertrand's. What an infernal fool I had been to be tempted back into this very place of all others. I thought at once it was some cowardly trick of Yvard's.
He looked at me less frequently than at the door, and I guessed he expected Yvard's return. Now I grew certain. Yvard had merely gone down the stair to see if he had dropped the papers in the fight. As soon as he found they were not there I felt morally certain he would come and demand them of me. I had begun the game, and must play out the hand.
We talked indifferent gossip, and after awhile the Spanish troubles were mentioned; I think the tall man first spoke of it. Somehow I felt Yvard's carelessness to be assumed, and that he very much desired to hear what these two gentlemen would say on a matter so important. His manner made it plain to me he knew the two gentlemen, and also that they were men of rank.
I thought it unnecessary to tell him of my encounter with Yvard, only that I had found the packet where he dropped it. "You lucky dog; it's well he did not see you, or you might not now be talking to me with a whole skin." It was better though to let him know of Yvard's wound, for that would perhaps assist us in a measure to determine upon our future course.
That's the explanation on't. Yes, I know'd it was love for Miss Gyty, but then that's not a motive in law." "Answer to the facts. The court will judge of the motive for itself. How do you know that love for the young woman you mention was Raoul Yvard's only object in coming into the Bay?" "One finds out such things by keeping company with a man.
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