. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . r form, with the needful memorandum securing his right• paused, and as his hearer- Stood motioiilcs- with wonder,he turned and approached Marie-Anne* bedside. Then, with 580 THE HONOR OF THE NAME his hand raised to heaven over the lifeless form of her whomhe had loved, and in a voice that would have made the mur-deress tremble in her innermost soul, he solemnly exclaimed:I swear to you, Marie-Anne, that I will avenge you! For afew seconds he stood motionless, then suddenly he stooped,pressed a kiss on the dead girls brow, and left the room. And yo
. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . r form, with the needful memorandum securing his right• paused, and as his hearer- Stood motioiilcs- with wonder,he turned and approached Marie-Anne* bedside. Then, with 580 THE HONOR OF THE NAME his hand raised to heaven over the lifeless form of her whomhe had loved, and in a voice that would have made the mur-deress tremble in her innermost soul, he solemnly exclaimed:I swear to you, Marie-Anne, that I will avenge you! For afew seconds he stood motionless, then suddenly he stooped,pressed a kiss on the dead girls brow, and left the room. And you think that man can be guilty! exclaimed theabbe. You see, Jean, that you are mad! And this last insult to my dead sister is an honor, I sup-pose? said Jean, with a furious gesture. And the wretch binds my hands by saving my father! ex-claimed Maurice. From his place by the window, the abbe saw Martial vaultinto the saddle. But the marquis did not take the road toMontaignac. It was toward the Chateau de Courtornieu thathe now DLANCHES reason had sustained a frightful shock, when?*-* Chupin was obliged to lift and carry her out of Marie-Annes room. But she well-nigh lost consciousness altogetherwhen she saw the old poacher struck down by her side. How-ever, as will be remembered, Aunt Medea, at least, had someenergy in her fright. She seized her bewildered nieces arm,and by dint of dragging and pushing had her back at the cha-teau in much less time than it had taken them to reach theBorderie. It was half-past one in the morning when theyreached the little garden gate, by which they had left thegrounds. No one in the chateau had noticed their long was due to several different circumstances. First of all,to the precautions which Blanche herself had taken in givingorders, before going out, that no one should come to her room,on any pretext whatever, unless she rang. Then it also chancedto be the birthday of the marquiss valet de chambre, and theservants h
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