The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-07-22
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haggard look on his face went out as |
be answered:
Denise, Lorgnac is yours to its |
smallest stone, and thank you for |
this" Then he bent down and touched |
my fingers with his lips and was gone.
] listened to his footsteps dying away
along the passage. Would ever call
him back? 1t was on my tongue to do
60 as he went, but held myself in
and began restlessly to pace the room.
"If 1 but knew myself! If but knew
myselfw I called out aloud and then
moved aimlessly toward the window.
Here looked out, but saw nothing of
the view, for 1 was looking into my
own heart, and there all was mist and
fog. The more I tried to think the
more hopeless it all seemed, and it
came to me to abandon my position
and, accepting my fate, make the best
of circumstances, as other women had
done. l could give respect and trust,
and as long as my husband knew this
| and / looked after his comforts he
| would never know how selfshly blind
| men are in this respect. But De Lor
! gnac was not as other men. l felt that
his keen eye would take in the part l
was playing, that his great love for
me would penetrate and grasp all my
devices and that he would feel that he
| had only q wife-not a lover as well.
What was this love that was in doubt
about? If it meant respect and honor
and a desire for a constant guiding
| 49, 7 fn14
| give that to Blaise de Lorgnac, but l
felt, too, that more was due to him.
The neigh of a horse and the clatter
| Of hoofs on stony ground aroused me.
Bending forward over the window,
looked out and saw De Lorgnac and
half dozen mounted men riding out of
the courtyard. My husband rode lit
tie in advance, square and erect, his
plumeless helmet glittering in the sun
light, but he never gave one backward
glance to the window. Even If he
thought was not there he might have
done so; he might have given me the
chance. The men who rode behind him
seemed stout, strong fellows, though
their casques were battered and their
cuirasses rusty, and as the last of them
went out / recognized lie Coquille.
know had no right to pick and choose
for De Lorgnac, but l would have given
my right hand not to have seen that
swashbuckler riding behind my hus-
band Such men as he were never en-
ployed on honest deeds With stamp
of my foot 1 turned from the window
and saw Pierre, the old servant, wait
ing patiently near the door with huge
bunch of keys on salver in his hand.
AS our eyes met he bowed to the
ground.
81 did not know it was Nine. de Lor
gnac who was here until an hour ago."
he said an. lie Chevalier has directed
that these should be given over to you,
and the household is outside awaiting
madame's orders"
Half amused, half embarrassed, l
took the keys. l felt sure De Lorgnac
had given no such order, but that this
was the spontaneous outcome of old
Pierre's politeness. Fastening them in
my girdle, l said with as gracious yet
dignified an air as | could assume,
"Call in the people, please"
Pierre bowed once more to the ground
and vanished to reappear in two min
utes with well grown youth, and the
two stood bolt upright before me. This
was the household of De Lorgnac, then.
The smile died away from my lips as l
thought of the straits to which gal
liant gentleman was reduced. Pierre"
I said, ''you must add Mousette, my
maid, to the household, and see that
the good Lalande is well treated" And
I placed small purse containing a
half dozen or so of gold crowns that I
happened to have with me in the old
mans hands. He held the little silken
bag for q moment, and then his face
began to flush.
''There is no need. madame. We have
enough"
, "You forget, Pierre, what l am Civ
ing you is M. lie Chevalier's, to whom
God grant safe return"
He took the money though I saw q
suspicious swimming of his eyes, and
hastily asked:
"And do those men who rode out
} with monsieur belong to the household,
| too, PierreT
"St Blaise - no, madamei They
/ came here but yesterday morning and
| with their leader, have drunk and
sworn about the place ever since. They
: filed the lower hall with disorder, but
they are stout fellows, and we had
hardly been able to help you so well
} last night but for them. They follow
M. lie Chevalier for little time only"
! / well knew for what purpose, but
, kept silent on that point, saying, "And
how far is Lorgnac from hereT
s eThe town, you mean, madame"
Precisely"
| cat the foot of the hill to the right OF
+ the chateau. We cannot see it from
here. All, it was a fine place until NJ
, de Ganache and his bandits of Hugue
nots came over from La Roche Canillae
one fine day and put the place to fire