. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . trike his father-in-law. You dont compre-hend, he exclaimed sarcastically. Ah, well, if you dont, /do. I know who that officer was who entered the room whereI deposited the ropes—and I know what took him there. Hepaused, crumpled the letter between his hands, and threw itin M. de Courtornieus face, with these last words: Here, takeyour reward, you cowardly traitor! Overwhelmed by this denouement the marquis sank backinto an armchair, and Martial, still holding Jean Lacheneur bythe arm, was on the point of leaving the room, when his youngwife, wild wit
. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . trike his father-in-law. You dont compre-hend, he exclaimed sarcastically. Ah, well, if you dont, /do. I know who that officer was who entered the room whereI deposited the ropes—and I know what took him there. Hepaused, crumpled the letter between his hands, and threw itin M. de Courtornieus face, with these last words: Here, takeyour reward, you cowardly traitor! Overwhelmed by this denouement the marquis sank backinto an armchair, and Martial, still holding Jean Lacheneur bythe arm, was on the point of leaving the room, when his youngwife, wild with despair, tried to detain him. You shall notgo! she exclaimed, you can not! Where are you going?That young fellow with you is Jean Lacheneur. I recognizehim. You want to join his sister—your mistress! Martial indignantly pushed his wife aside. How dare you THE HOXOR OF TTTF. NAME 487 insult the noblest and purest of women, he exclaimed. Ah, well—yes—I am going to find Marie-Anne. Farewell! Andwith these words he left the HP I IE ledge of rock on which the Baron dEscorval and Cor-*? poral Bavois rioted on descending from the tower was notmore than a yard and a half across its widest part. It slopeddown toward the edge of the precipice, and its surface was sorugged and uneven that it was considered very imprudent tostand there, even in the daytime. Thus it will be understoodthat the task of lowering a man from this ledge, at dead ofnight, was perilous in the extreme. Before allowing the baronto descend, Bavois took every possible precaution to save him-self from being dragged over the verge of the precipice by hiscompanions weight. He fixed his crowbar firmly in a creviceof the rock, seated himself, braced bis feet against the bar,threw his shoulders well back, and then, feeling that his posi-tion was secure, he bid the baron let himself down. The sud-den parting of the rope hurled the corporal against the towerwall, and then he rebounded forward on bis knees.
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