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"You would not hesitate," he said, "if you knew how easy it often is, by a little experience, to arrange the most difficult matters." Henrietta did not hesitate. A thought which had occurred to her as soon as she found herself alone had brought her to this conclusion: "If Papa Ravinet were really what Mrs. Chevassat says, that bad woman would not have warned me against him.
And, although she had written him a long letter only the day before, she wrote again, begging him to be watchful, to mistrust everybody, because most assuredly his life was threatened. And this letter she carried herself to the post-office, convinced as she was that to confide it to Mrs. Chevassat would have been the same as to send it to M. de Brevan.
You see, he is in love with you, that kind young man; and you may believe me when I tell you so, for I know what men are." She expected an answer; for generally her eloquence was very effective with her tenants. But, as no reply came, she went on, "We must hope that the trouble will blow over." "No!" Looking at Mrs. Chevassat, one would have thought she was stunned.
But, strong as he is, if we could be confronted in court, I'd undertake, just by looking at him, to get the truth out of him somehow." "You shall be confronted, I promise you." The prisoner seemed to be amazed. "Are you going to send for Chevassat?" he asked. "No. You will be sent home, to be tried there." A flash of joy shone in the eyes of the wretch.
Convinced that the sums he had thus obtained were not lost, the investigating magistrate suspected the parents of the accused. He questioned them, and obtained sufficient evidence against them to justify their arrest. But they could not be convicted at the trial, and had to be released. Justin Chevassat, however, appeared at the assizes.
"You are right; you are right! I forget myself here; and I ought to be already back in Water Street. It is of the utmost importance that that woman Chevassat should not miss me a moment to-night." He was about to leave them, when the old lady held him back, and said, "You ought to go back, I know; only be careful!
I had only to show them, and they accepted me. Besides, Chevassat said he would enlist some people in my behalf; perhaps I had been specially recommended." "And thus you sailed?" "Yes. They gave me my ticket, some money for travelling expenses; and, five days after my meeting with Chevassat, I was on board 'The Conquest. Lieut. Champcey was not there. Ah!
"I am going for the police," said at last Master Chevassat. "That's right!" replied the merchant. "Now there is, perhaps, a chance yet to save the poor girl; and, when you come back, it will of course be too late." "What's to be done, then?" "Break in the door." "I dare not." "Well, I will." The kind-hearted man put his shoulder to the worm-eaten door, and in a moment the lock gave way.
Her money grew less and less; and at last the day came when she changed the last gold-piece of her nine hundred francs. It became urgent to resort once more to the pawnbroker; for these were the first days of April, and the honeyed words of Mrs. Chevassat had given her to understand that she had better get ready to pay on the 8th her rent, which amounted to a hundred francs.
Even to get the charcoal, I had to risk a falsehood, and cheat the woman who let me have it in credit. And yet God knows I was not wanting in courage. I would have done the coarsest, hardest work cheerfully, joyously. But how did I know how to get work? I asked Mrs. Chevassat a hundred times to obtain employment for me; but she always laughed at me; and, when I begged hard, she said"
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