Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-05
CHAPTER XII.
Gabrielle's Friend.

The duke carried away from Malincourt
d heart bitter with jealousy and black with
anger. and he vented his passion upon de
Probable. whom he chose to regard as the
cause of all the trouble.
you have betrayed my confidence shame
fully. You have doubtless your own ends
to gain. as that letter limited. but they Will
cost you dear. whatever they are, mon
sieur."
betrayed you? How?' asked de Pro-
bale, exceedingly uneasy, as he thought his
Interior plans might be suspected What
| have l done other than as we agreed?"
Ibid we agree that this scoundrel was to
! arrange the manner of his coming to
| impress your niece in this way? Was he to
| launt himself man of spirit and cour-
| age and impose thus on young, impress
| sicnable, high-minded grip
He is not fool enough to remain. 1t was
| a shrewd thought to give him time to cool
i and think, and If he have any mind to
| linger l will find arguments to drive him
| away. He has yet to learn your methods of
Justice here in Morvaix; l can find In them
| ample reasons for him. Although why you
let him go instead of dealing with him at
| once l do not see"
IF he flies, his flight Will be, as you say,
| the proof of his guilt
| HE will fy,'' said de Probable, confident
| ly. Did he not shun your province Is a
man would shun hades? Did he not refuse
| to come without that promise of pardon in
| writing? BY a mans acts you shall know
him, not by his words. Let him think of
| Gabrielle he will, he will think more of
his own life. But would have kept him"
| When his flight has proved his guilt he
can be retaken for me to USE
| De Probable laughed. You have a mercy
| of your own duke. l had not thought of
| that Stay, what If he were to use this
interval of your mercy to prevail on
Gabrielle to fly with him? He is daredevil
| enough"
/ Return to Malincourt and watch, de
| nfa ic 70 he
! castle two hours after noon. Make this
| flight impossible after then, and after that
| will see to it that no chance offers for her
, to leave even the castle itself II the mad
1 and brought to- me-"
| De Probable was by no means sorry to get
| away from the governor in his present
mood, and returned to Malincourt to keep
| watch while the governor hurried on to the
| castle to take further steps designed to
prevent this suggested flight, and some OF
| them were to have important results in an
other direction.
He dispatched a body of soldiers to watch
| round Malncourt, and at the same time
sent urgent commands to the officers of the
| different gates of the city that no one was
| to be allowed to pass out without leave
| signed by him Thus 1t came about that
the courier whom Pascal was sending to
| Cambria was stopped and valuable time
lost
| The governor, having completed these ar
| engagements, was closeted for an hour with
his wife, and as he heard, to his
intense relief, that Gabrielle had arrived al
the castle and was with the duchess, he
sent for Dubois to sound him in regard to
that part of the plan which called for the
aid of the church.
He was as hot now upon the scheme OF
| divorcing his wife in order to be free to
marry again as he had been formerly upon
the other intention.
! The ruse by which Gerard had succeeded
| In getting a hundred of his own soldiers en-
rolled among the Castle troops, by pretend
ing that they came a gift from the car
dinal archbishop, was thus having singular
| results. The governor read II as a proof
| that he stood so we'll with the cardinal that
| he could hope to receive his eminence's sup
port in the matter of the divorce, and as he
concluded Dubois had been chosen as the
cardinals delegate, because of the latter's
confidence in him, here was the very man
| at hand to sound on the matter.
| Dubois was clever soldier and brave
fighter and had been selected by Gerard for
his present task because his influence with
the men was most likely to keep them In
bounds while in the castle. He made q
| very brusque unmonklike monk, however
and he now found himself in very awk-
ward position. Moreover, he knew nothing
of Gerard's experiences within the last few
hours.
He listened very quietly to the duke. and
seeing no connection between the matter and
| any of Gerard's AFFAIRS felt no interest In II
at al, and gave mis- own opinion bluntly. he