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Updated: June 11, 2025
What mattered it to him that Richard the King was borne wounded to his tent, and that Bertrand de Gourdon was flayed alive?
This pinched little man was thought to be one of the greatest poets in Burgundy, a Piron, it was the fashion to say. The dual merits of the two brothers gave rise to the remark: "We have the brothers Gourdon at Soulanges two very distinguished men; men who could hold their own in Paris."
But priceless works of art had no market in Paris these days; and the property of real value the Sucy diamonds namely which had excited the cupidity or the patriotic wrath of citizens Gourdon and Tournefort could nowhere be found.
I can get to horse within ten minutes." "To horse, then, as quickly as you can. Pay off your men and dismiss them all but Tournefort, who had best accompany us. Do not lose a single moment. I'll be ahead of you and may come up with Rateau before you overtake me. And if I were you, citizen Gourdon," he concluded, with ominous emphasis, "I would burn one or two candles to your compeer the devil.
On the other hand, upon the decks of the Armada, there was an impatience that night which increased every hour. The governor of Calais; M. de Gourdon, had sent his nephew on board the flag-ship of Medina Sidonia, with courteous salutations, professions of friendship, and bountiful refreshments.
Chauvelin uttered a brief: "What the -are you doing, citizen?" "Rateau is going," replied Tournefort excitedly. "He drank a mug of wine at a draught and has picked up his bundle, ready to go." Once more cowering in the dark angle of a doorway, the two men waited, their nerves on edge, for the reappearance of their quarry. "I wish citizen Gourdon were here," whispered Tournefort.
It appears, therefore, that the wicked Gourdon took no part in this affair; but she certainly accused Madame to Monsieur, and calumniated and disparaged her to everybody. It was not Madame's endive-water that D'Effial had poisoned; that report must have been a mere invention, for other persons might have tasted it had Madame alone drank from her own glass.
He says 'moon, bluntly, instead of naming it 'the planet of night. That's what the desire to be thought original brings men to," added Gourdon, mournfully. "Poor young man! A Burgundian, and sing such stuff as that! the pity of it! If he had only consulted me, I would have pointed out to him the noblest of all themes, wine, a poem to be called the Baccheide; for which, alas!
The castle was taken; and every man of its defenders was hanged, as the King had sworn all should be, except Bertrand de Gourdon, who was reserved until the royal pleasure respecting him should be known. By that time unskilful treatment had made the wound mortal and the King knew that he was dying. He directed Bertrand to be brought into his tent.
Richard summoned a small boat, and with two stout men-at-arms, of whom Adam de Gourdon was one, prepared again to cross the river. Leonillo ran down the stone stairs with a wistful look of entreaty and it occurred to both Richard and Adam, that, could the child only lead them to the place where her father had sat, the dog's scent might prove their most efficient guide.
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