Belle Rose: A Romance of the Cloak and Sword — page 268: what you’re looking at

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252 AN ENGLISH HUSBAND. For the rest, thanks to my relationship with our illustrious minister, he is to some extent my friend.’’ ‘Monsieur de Charny?’’ “Eh! my God, yes. Only, when he does me the honor to eat at my table, as soon as he is gone I have thrown out at the window all that he has touched,’’ replied Monsieur de Pomereux, rising. He arranged the knots of his ribbons, readjusted his cloak, took up his felt hat, which he had placed upon a piece of furniture, and extended his hand to the two friends. ‘‘T am going to France, messieurs,’’ he said to them; ‘‘recollect that if ever you have need of a purse ora sword, whatever the occasion may be, day or night, far or near, the Comte de Pomereux places himself entirely at your disposal.’’ As he pronounced these words the count saluted Cornelius and Belle-Rose with a grace and a nobility which made the two friends conceive a better opinion of his character. When he had withdrawn, Belle-Rose called Claudine. **Sister,’’ he said to her, ‘‘we leave to-morrow.”’ At the gesture which she made, Belle-Rose interrupted her by a word: ‘*T know all.”’ ‘*Yes,’’ continued Cornelius, ‘‘Monsieur de Pomereux has related everything to him.”’ “Then you knew it and did not say anything to me!”’ said Belle-Rose, with an accent of reproach. ‘‘Death was hovering over you—could we speak?”’ said Cornelius. ‘‘And even now,’’ added Claudine, ‘‘you are scarcely able to walk.’”’ ‘‘T would have to be nailed up in a coffin to stay here!”’ exclaimed Belle-Rose. The accent of his voice and the expression of his face permitted no objection. ‘Tt is understood,’’ said Cornelius; and he added, lean- ing toward Claudine: ‘‘Déroute knew what he was talking about.”’ The preparations were soon made. They packed clothes in a valise, procured themselves some coarse wearing ap- parel, placed gold in a belt, provided themselves with arms, and they found next as one of those hospitable fishermen going to fish upon the coasts of France, who con- sented to take the three young people with him. It wasa good action which brought him in ten pounds sterling. Comicbooks.com —