. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . of gold, and. throwing them on the table, lie said: Iam rich: if you will obey mc and keep my secret, your fortuneis made. 618 THE HONOR OF THE NAME A shrill cry of delight from mother and son outweighedany protestations of obedience. The Widow Chimin knewhow to write, and Lacheneur then dictated this letter to her:Madame la Duchesse—I shall expect you at my establishmentto-morrow between twelve and four oclock. It is on businessconnected with the Borderie. If at five oclock I have notseen you, I shall carry to the post a letter for the duke. And if s
. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . of gold, and. throwing them on the table, lie said: Iam rich: if you will obey mc and keep my secret, your fortuneis made. 618 THE HONOR OF THE NAME A shrill cry of delight from mother and son outweighedany protestations of obedience. The Widow Chimin knewhow to write, and Lacheneur then dictated this letter to her:Madame la Duchesse—I shall expect you at my establishmentto-morrow between twelve and four oclock. It is on businessconnected with the Borderie. If at five oclock I have notseen you, I shall carry to the post a letter for the duke. And if she comes, what am I to say to her? asked theastonished widow. Nothing; you will merely ask her for money. If she comes, it is as I have guessed, he reflected. She came. Hidden in the loft of the Poivriere, Jean,through an opening in the floor, saw the duchess hand MotherChupin a bank-note. Now, she is in my power! he thoughtexultantly. And I will drag her through sloughs of degra-dation before I deliver her up to her husbands vengeance!. A FEW lines of the article consecrated to Martial in theGeneral Biography of Men of the Time, fittingly epito-mize the history of his public life. Martial de Sairmeuse,says the writer, placed at the service of his party a highlycultivated intellect, unusual penetration, and extraordinaryabilities. A leader at the time when political passion wasraging highest, he had the courage to assume the sole re-sponsibility of the most unpopular measures. But the hostilityhe encountered, the danger in which he placed the throne,compelled him to retire from office, leaving behind him ani-mosities which will only be extinguished with his life. Inthus summing up Martials public career, his biographer omitsto say that if the Due de Sairmeuse was wrong in his policy—and that depends entirely on the point of view from whichhis conduct is regarded—he was doubly wrong, since he wasnot possessed of that ardent conviction verging on fanaticismwhich makes men f
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