. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . flight, but it seemed to him that the Baron dEscorvalmust have been discovered and rearrested at the same time thatLacheneur was captured. Accordingly they at once procured avehicle to convey them to the frontier. One important question,however, remained to be decided. Should Maurice and Marie-Anne make their marriage public? She wished to do so, butMaurice with tears in his eyes entreated her to conceal it. Ourmarriage certificate will not silence those who are disposedagainst us, said he. Let us keep our secret for the doubt we shall only
. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . flight, but it seemed to him that the Baron dEscorvalmust have been discovered and rearrested at the same time thatLacheneur was captured. Accordingly they at once procured avehicle to convey them to the frontier. One important question,however, remained to be decided. Should Maurice and Marie-Anne make their marriage public? She wished to do so, butMaurice with tears in his eyes entreated her to conceal it. Ourmarriage certificate will not silence those who are disposedagainst us, said he. Let us keep our secret for the doubt we shall only remain in France for a few , Marie-Anne yielded. Since you wish it, saidshe, I will obey you. No one shall know of it. It was the evening of the 17th of April, the same day thatMartial was married to Blanche, when the fugitives at lastreached Father Poignots house. Maurice and Corporal Bavoiswere disguised as peasants, and the old soldier had made asacrifice that drew tears from his eyes; he had shaved off VX/HEN the Abbe Midon and Martial de Sairmeuse heldtheir conference, to decide upon the arrangements for theBaron dEscorvals escape, a difficulty presented itself whichthreatened to break off the negotiations. Return my letter,said Martial, and I will save the baron. Save the baron, replied the abbe, and your letter shallbe returned. The idea that any one should suppose him to be influenced THE HONOR OF THE NAME by danger when in reality he was only yielding to Marie-Annes tears, angered Martial beyond endurance. These areinv last words. :>ir. he retorted, emphatically. *Give me theletter now. and I swear to you, by the honor of my name, thatI will do everything that is possible for any human being to doto save the baron. If you distrust my word, good evening. The situation was desperate, the danger imminent, the timelimited, and Martials tone betrayed an inflexible determina-tion. The abbe could not hesitate. He drew the letter from hispo
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