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but granted. We have seen his car
rlage at your curb they say. | insist
that 1t is a mistake. But We saw him
come from your door at such and such
an hour. If he came, twas but fof
meeting such answer as have always
given him. viii they never believe
will your brother himself never believe
that, though did he have, as he him
self says, all France In the hollow Of
his hand, he could be nothing TO me?
Now | will make an end to this. !
will leave Paris"
Madam, you might not be allowed
to go"
What! | not allowed to go! And
what would hinder Knollys of Ban
bury from going when the hour shall
arriye?"
THE regent"
And why the regent?"
Because Of my brother"
your brother!"
"Assuredly. My brother Is to-day
king of Paris II he liked he could
keep you prisoner in Paris. My brother
does as he chooses He could abolish
parliament tomorrow If he chose
My brother can do all things-cXcept
70 win from YOU Lady CatharIne, one
word of kindness. of respect Now,
then. he has come to the end He told
me to come to you and bear his word,
He told me to say to you that this Is
the last time he will importune. the
last time that he will implore. Oh,
Lady Catharine. Once before | car
ried to you message from John Law
from John Law not in distress then
more than he is now, even in this hour
If his success"
Lady Catharine paled as she sank
back into her seat Her white hand
caught at the lace AT her throat. Her
eyes grew dark in their emotion.
Yes, madam" went on VIII Law,
tears shining In his own eyes. twas
t. an unfaithful messenger who, by
an error, wrought ruin for my brother
and for yourself even as | did for my
self Madam, hear met would be
better messenger to-day
The old wrinkle of pcrplexity gath
cred between the brnws of the woman
before him. Her face was cloudcd,
the changeful eyes now deep covered
by their lids
Lacking the precise word for that
crucial moment, WIN Law broke fur
Their on into material details. "To
he explicit, as | have said resumed
he, everything seems to center about
my brother, the director-Ecncral of
finance He took the old notes Of the
government, worth not halt their face,
and in a week made them treble their
face value The king owes him over
one hundred million liyres to-day. My
brother has taken over the farming
II the royal taxes And now he forms
4 little Company Of the Indies; and to
his he adds the charter of the Senegal
Company Not content he adds the
entire trade of the Indies, Of China
and the South Seas He has been
given the privilege OF the royal farm
Ing of tobacco, for which he pays the
king the little trinc OF two hundred
million livrcs, and assures tn the king
certain interest moneys, which, | need
not say, the king will actually obtain
In addition to these things, he has
lately been given the mint Of France
The whole coinage OF the realm has
been made over to this Company of
he Indies. My brother pays the king
nifty million liyrcs for this privilege.
and this he will do within fifteen
All France Is indeed in the
hands Of my brother. Now, call John
Law an adventurer. gambler, If you
will, and If you can, but at least adj
nit that he has given life and hope to
he poor Of France, that he has given
back to the king people which was
lespuiled and ruined by the former
King. lie has trebled the trade of
France. he has saved her honor, and
opened To her the avenues Of n new
World Are these things nothing?
they have all been done by my
brother, this man whom you believe
of faith and consistency. Good
God! II surely seems that he has at
east been constant to himself"
"Oh, | hear talk of 1t all. hear
hat share In the new company prom
ses dividends of two hundred livres.
hear talk of shares and subsidiaries
allied mothers, and daughters. and
and know not what.
I seems as though half the coin were
iivided into centimes, and as though
'ach Centime had been planted by
'our brother and had grown to be
worth a thousand pounds. admit
Of knowledge of these
Miracles"
True, Lady Catharine. Can there
lot be one miracle more?"
Lady Catharine Knollys bent her
ace forward upon her hands, unhap- |
'iness in every gesture.
"Sir," said she, 1T grieves my heart |
o say 1t; yet this answer you must |
AXE to your brother, John Law That |
miracle hath not yet been wrought |
which can give us back the past |
gain"
This" said viii Law. sadly. "is this
III the message | may take?"
at Is all"
Though II is the last?"
at is the last"
CHAPTER XXXyIII.
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