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"I have waited for you this hour past." "How knew you I should ride this way?" "I learnt that you would visit Canaples before noon. Be good enough to quit the road, and pass under those trees with me. I have something to say to you, but it were not well that we should be seen together." "For the sake of your character or mine, M. Malappris?" "Malpertuis!" he snapped. "Malpertuis," I corrected.
"Give me the reins, malappris! tu m'ecrases le corps, manant!" yelled the frantic nobleman, writhing underneath the intrepid charioteer. "Tant pis pour toi, nigaud," was the reply. The lovely Amethyst of course had fainted; but she recovered as she was placed in her carriage, and rewarded her preserver with a celestial smile.
He halted, drew himself up, and, with a magnificent gesture: "I am Armand de Malpertuis, lieutenant of his Majesty's guards," he announced, "and I shall be grateful if you will do me the honour of taking a turn with me, outside." "I am flattered beyond measure, M. Malappris " "Mal-per-tuis," he corrected furiously. "Malpertuis," I echoed.
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