Belle Rose: A Romance of the Cloak and Sword — page 337: what you’re looking at

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TO CONQUER OR DIE. 319 what the rascal whom the spy had enlisted on the way, had gone to seek, decided to act first. He emerged from his hiding-place and walked resolutely toward the spy; the spy, who was upon his guard, raised a pistol which he had in his hand and pressed the trigger; but the rain had moistened the powder and it missed fire. Belle-Rose pounced upon the spy, who only had time to arm himself with a poniard. The struggle was short and decisive; en- dowed witha terrible strength, Belle-Rose seized the spy and plunged his poniard up to the guard in his breast. The man fell, uttering a cry of despair. A terrible cry answered this cry. Belle-Rose listened and heard in the direction of the Rue des Arcis the noise of a troop of archers who were coming up; he threw aside his cloak and ran toward the Rue du Roi-de-Sicile by way of the Rue de la Verrerie. In three minutes he reached Monsieur de Pomereux’s hotel, climbed to the balcony, split the blinds, broke the window, and bounded into the apartment. At the same moment a shot was fired in the street; the ball struck the sash behind Belle-Rose. At this brusque detonation, Mon- sieur de Pomereux, who was talking with Déroute before the chimney, seized his sword. ‘**Belle-Rose!’’ exclaimed he, at sight of the captain. Belle-Rose threw his bloody poniard upon the carpet. ‘‘Monsieur le Comte,’’ he said to him, ‘‘I come in the name of Gabrielle to ask you for hospitality.” CHAPTER XLVIII. TO CONQUER OR DIE. Monsieur de Pomereux divined from Belle-Rose’s words that the danger was great; coming from a man of courage, they indicated the certainty of an imminent peril. The count seized the captain’s hand and pressed it. ‘‘You have pronounced a name which makes you in- violable,’’ he said to him. Déroute had thrown himself upon the balcony and was looking into the street. By the uncertain light of the stars, he perceived four or five men moving about and speaking in low tones; he listened and could hear some words of their conversation. “It is here——’’ . ‘*Parbleu! he has climbed along the wall like a cat——” = a. oy ) (E(0) (E(0) =)