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e —_ = —< qty TT bd kins . : , ane ~ J . ." an rt in. ek 302 THE CHEVALIER D’ARRAINES. Belle-Rose and the terrible Irishman. TI have deplored thé fatality which has caused your sword to be broken at the moment when victory was going to declare itself for you.”’ — ‘““War has its ups and downs!’’ murmured Monsieur de ~ Pomereux, with a gesture full of philosophy. Fi “Three seconds aiter, I have been touched even to tears at the narrative told me——”’ ‘Still Monsieur de Charny ”’ ‘Quite right—at the narrative told me, I say, of your~ constancy in keeping your sworn word. It is beautiful, it is grand, it is antique! Regulus would not havé con- ducted himself better, and 1 imagine that the shade of Aristides ought to be jealous of you. It is a sublime trait, my cousin.’”’ ‘“You overwhelm me, monseigneur,’’ replied the count, with a modest air. ‘“No, I do you justice. ’’ or God! monseigneur, I have recollected our relation- ship.”’ : ; “That is what I have thought. For example, I have blessed Providence who took care that your sword did not break this time.’”’ . ‘The reason was that fortune owed me a revenge. ”’ ‘Well, would you believe, my charming cousin, that this - heroic conduct has not produced upon others the effect which it has produced on me.’’ z “In truth?”’ < ‘There are ill-formed minds which have wished to see: in these marvelous adventures a determined effort to cross” the authority of the king.’’ ‘*“You don’t say so!’’ “And they have even gone so far as to assert that you were no longer worthy of His Majesty’s favor, and that I ought to withdraw my protection from you.”’ ‘“As to that I am tranquil.”’ : ‘“How well you know me!’’ exclaimed Monsieur de Lou- vois, bathing his lips in the jug of water; ‘‘I have repulsed these persons in a furious manner; but one of them, who — is a friend of Monsieur Colbert, has observed to me that it was not under such circumstances a suitablé thing to charge you with a very delicate mission which I had re- served for you.’’ | ‘‘And through respect for circumstances, you have con- - fided the mission to another. ’”’ “Should I have allowed myself to be accused of an odious partiality ?”’ Gomicbooks