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I confess that I had failed to take into account the pitch to which his nerves would be strung at such a time, and had expected to produce a greater effect than followed my words. His hand went indeed to his breast, but it was hard to say which seemed the more astounded, La Varenne or he. And the manner in which he flung back my accusation, lacked neither vigour nor the semblance of innocence.
He sent, however, a small body to Henry's assistance under Varenne, seneschal of Normandy, 1462, who landed in Northumberland and got possession of the castle of Alnwick; but as the indefatigable Margaret went in person to France, where she solicited larger supplies, and promised Louis to deliver up Calais if her family should by his means be restored to the throne of England, he was induced to send along with her a body of two thousand men-at-arms, which enabled her to take the field and to make an inroad into England, 1464.
This was the tale generally recounted and believed after the agent's return from Spain, so that Varenne was somewhat laughed at as having gone to Spain on a fool's errand, and as having got nothing from Mendoza but a disavowal of his former propositions.
Then came Jacques Rival, very elegant, followed by Norbert de Varenne. The latter advanced with the grace of the old school and taking Mme. Forestier's hand kissed it; his long hair falling upon his hostess's bare arm as he did so. Forestier now entered, apologizing for being late; he had been detained. The servant announced dinner, and they entered the dining-room.
At first you would only get two hundred and fifty francs a month but your cab fare would be paid. Shall I speak to the manager?" "If you will." "Well, then come and dine with me to-morrow; I will only ask five or six to meet you; the manager, M. Walter, his wife, with Jacques Rival, and Norbert de Varenne whom you have just seen, and also a friend of Mme. Forestier, Will you come?"
After four years there, he sent them to Paris, Florent to Vaugirard, Lydia to the Rue de Varenne, and just at the time that he had realized the amount he considered requisite, when he was preparing to return to live near them in a country without prejudices, a stroke of apoplexy took him off suddenly.
Patience drank more willingly of this poetic religion than of the ancient orthodoxy. The pleasure with which he listened to a summary of the new doctrines led the cure to arrange secret meetings with him in isolated parts of Varenne, where they agreed to come upon each other as if by chance.
His integrity, his impartiality between castle and cottage, his firmness and wisdom will never be forgotten in Varenne. During the war I was instrumental in saving M. de la Marche's life, and helping him to escape to a foreign country. Such, I believe, said old Mauprat, are all the events of my life in which Edmee played a part. The rest of it is not worth the telling.
The speaker turned in his chair to where Fraslin had been but a moment before. The chair was empty. "Our friend stepped to the door but on the instant," said De la Chaise. "He is perhaps " "That he has," cried Varenne. "He is the first of us to profit!
As he took leave on departing for France, La Varenne had requested Mendoza to write to King Henry, but the Spaniard excused himself although professing the warmest friendship for his Majesty on the ground of the impossibility of addressing him correctly.
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