The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-24
A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE.
Bsinp the Memoirs Of Castor de
ss y Bonnie, Sieur de Marsac.
A ROMANCE.
BY STANLEY j. wEYMAN,
Author OF The House OF tho Wolf" 40
oopyriohL 1898. ~ Stanley J. T.ymdn.i
CHAPTER XX.-tCoNTISuED).

n the castle gates: but SO. too. were secont
party which had just debouched from Side
q street. and now hurried In pace for pace witt
.b,us, with the evident intention Of forestallini
sus Tho race ended in both parties reach
: ting tho entrance Mt The Same time. with
q the necessary consequence OF some jost-
y ling taking place among the servants,
which must have led to blows but foi
10 the strenuous commands which NJ. &c
x 4 Rambouillct had laid upon his followers.
found myself In moment confronted by n row
q OF scowling faces while dozen threatening
8 hands we're stretched out toward me. and rs
: many voices. among which recognized Fres
4 noy's. cried out unanimously. That Is he
That is the one''
hs- An elderly man in n quaint dress stepped
q forward q paper in his hand: and. backed by
half dozen halberders. would in a moment
: h ave laid hands on me. II Nj. de Rambouillet
s. had. not interviewed with a negligent air ol
K authority which seemed to sit on him the more
gracefully, us he held nothing but riding
u. switch in his hand. Tut. tut! What is thisT
K he said lightly. II am not wont to have my
X people interfered with. NJ. Provost without
. my leave. You know me. suppose|
~, Perfectly. NJ. 10 Marquis" the man an
swered with logged respect. but this is BY
che Kings special command and must not be
! postponed" -, ,.,-
cycling tho faces behind the Provost Marsh al.
z MS II he wero making note OF them; which
5 caused some Of the gentlemen manifest un-
8 essiness, :" THAT is soon seen. for we are even
aS to sesk t wtf r 9s
= answered firmly. raising his hand again to ar
rest me. !" cannot let him pass ,,rr ,oovo,
Z the Marquis retorted lightly putting the hand
.ehpr s aih heat Ghe Fstsfs IS no ssR
respect hsd the Kings own order an it
. :. The nobieman tapped his silver comGt box
and smiled. !" shall be the last to resist 1t. II
a. read ss if' or the
Marshal answered. his patience exhausted
de kamfopilet took the parchment mn with
4 back: "a; thought" he said. "A mani
"A forgery the officer cried crimson With VI Il,
the Kings own secretary! While those be-
one thing nnd som ss% anothe With an air so
/ closed up behind him and N. d'Agen laughed
B ais sG0 DC amboset remained unmoved
YSp may have had it from whom 1.y You Please
Y shall resist its execution. II you choose to
await me here; will give you my, word to rem
Should the order hold eood f'1 You w will
: wait. shall command my servants to clear
= the way; and u II happen them. the RESPONSE
: He spoke in SO resolute name that 1T was
not difficult to see that something more was
{ ut stake than the arrest Of single man. This
4 with whose instability it was difficult to cope.
: visers or not. Ny arrest was move in the
= Enme. and no more intended as 2 counter.
Snd gained s0 When ss ho Rne
move to Tours. u city in the nelghborhood OF
! the Huguenots and place OF arms whence
union with them would be oasy.
The Provost Marshal could no doub make a
shrewq guess Of these things. He knew that
aeeordng as one party or the other gained the
MASTERY: and seeing NJ: do RambouIIIets res
afupted more than once by his attendants.
among whom were some OF Bruhl's men. he
IS ds the
I scross the COURTYARD :, SO far. well; ead M ny
ssmbiod while We had the Provost Marshal to
I from which gathered that the crisis was yet
to come. l was not surprised. therefore when
shamber. and Dio q%icpiy eross a the oor A IN
terposed between us and the main floor. in
forming the Marquis with n low obeisance that
a asI viii se %sS enF'd de- Rambouce cried
looking henghtiiy round on the sneering pages
: one" the man answered firmly,
ret o4E DO mot hnpyd s az
know the business on which the King h Is en- en-
R Rs and @ h "srS The sss stsrsd
aside and hardly pushed the doors OF the
open still 3; me BY the
boots. Returned his heal with startled air
J one Of the ivory cylinders he was using. while
his aspect and that Of the persons who stood
Z Of sehoolboys detected in a fault.
ae rseHvered himself It is true almost I'm;
: isi and trtfing subjects as commonly engaged
him. He carried on his conversation In free
way. studiously ignoring our presence: but It
was plain he remained aware of 1t, and oven
that he WAS uneasy under the severe, gaze
wise affrighted by his reception, bent upon him
part hsa any
a after III" The Haa WHICH
awaited me at the gates seemed less Formidable
\ NHs. It needed not the insolent. glance of
Marshal Retz. who louneed smiling by the
Of pages who stood at tho head OF the cham -
70 deprive me OF my last hope; while thines
them; the uneasiness OF some about the King
who dared in the precarous state Of the court
%heS underay pE ash hes msnnsr
Gagged my n9tice altogsther Ara. .,o r,..,.
embarrassment was fast changing to annoy
ance. Tho paint which redeemed his checks
PEsysntsd any alteration IN his color belng
: lh which he kept taking of and putting on his
= jewelled black cap were unmistakable. At
length signing to one II his companions to fol-
low. he moved little aside to a window.
whence after few moments the gentleman
came to US.
3" n. do Rambouillet." no said. speaking for
pally, s. his Majesty is displeased by this gen
Neman's presence, and requires him 10 with.
draw forthwith"
:" Ills Majosty's word is law my patron an
: Bwered, howing low and speaking In clear
voice audible throughout the chamber, +" but
the matter on which this gentleman 10 here is
4 the utmost Importance. and touches his
<Ajesty's person."
= dc RetE laughed, while the other cour;
Tiers looked on grayey. The King shrugged
his shoulders with u peevish gesture, and
after n moments hesitation. during which he
looked first at Retz and then at NJ. de Ram
bouillet. he signed to the Marquis to approach:
Why have you brought him here?" he said
sharply looking askance at me. He should
have been bestowed according to my orders"
- He has information for your Maiesty's pri-
yate ear" Ram bouiliet answered. And he
looked 80 meaningly at the King that Henry
remembered on a sudden his compact with
~ ,art in nd ct RI wit "a