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news. said nothing Tor ! moment. N.
remembered last night, and the bar
oness. and how she had locked him out
OF the room. K ~ s..
s'Well. : he said at last. speak. who
has taken 1t ~
Monsieur de Lussac.
DE Lussac!"
Yes, monsieur; he came on that vis-
library. Oh. it was he, beyond any
manner Of doubt. No one else had ac-
cess to the place.
3 De Richelieu, calmer now. rejected
on this. He felt sure In his heart that
the woman. of the night before was
the culprit, but his amour propre re-
VOTED at the thought He preferred to
think that he had been betrayed by his
fooled by a woman. Then he remem-
bered their connection, and the truth,
that perhaps the pair Of them had uni
ted to Outwat him, began to dawn on
his mind. An intense anger, amount
ing to hatred of this pair Of lovers,
3arose in his heart, But the conqueror
of Mahon was not man to be con-
quered by his temper.
Return to Versailles said he to
Raffe. land await my Instructions
Place the whole household under sur
lveillanse. You are absolutely certain
that you have made no mistake.
Absolutely, monsieur.
Then co.
The due returned to the reception
He was undecided yet as to what
course he should take; he knew that
the situation as regarded De Sartines
was serious, but when the document
began to speak in strange hands 1t
would be time enough for De Richelieu
to discover that he had been robbed Of
It. He was not q man to make con-
fessions and explanations.
Well, /" said De Sartines, land what
had Monsieur Rafe to say ~
Oh. nothing household matters
and that reminds me, the urgency Of
my invitation to dejeuner had nothing
to do with De Lussac."
With what, then
Why, with most charming woman
who insists upon meeting you
Aha! And who Is she, this charm
ing woman?'
+ will give you 100 guesses and you
will be wrong every time"
Then put me out Of my suspense"
Madame la Baronne Sophie Linden. =
De Sartines stared for moment:
then he broke into At of laughter.
to meet her! This will kill met
In what .way?"
Why, my dear due, have decided
to arrest her. i. would have arrested
her yesterday, only had not a power
full enough case against her. This And
ing of the papers of the Society OF Midi
has changed all that. True, her name
is not mentioned in them, hut~she is
~ friend and the mistress of De Lus-
sac. and he wrote to her concerning
them. I shall hold her In prison for a
week, and then bundle her back to
Vienna with q note to Monsieur Tai
liene Of the Vienna police"
Cordieu!" said the due, and In
vited her to dejeuner!"
Well, my dear DE Richelieu, you are
we'll out Of the results OF that invi-
tation. She is q most dangerous wo-
man. Yesterday she. tried to extract
loo, 900 francs from me. She threatened
me. yes. 7
The Due de Richelieu was silent for
moment. Then he turned to De Sar-
tines. s3 35s
ashe must come here all the same !
wish her impertinence punished.
She imposed herself on me; she pro-
posed the dejeuner asa means OF meet
Ing you and some other people who
are coming and whom she hates; she
honadsto getty u -alzada her tongue,
md ssse used me az her instrument.
GRAND idea You have not issued the
order Of arrest yet?s Il
Well. then, I present you with this
hotel for the day. You are the host.
and when Madame Linden arrives, deal
with her as you please q
Ma fol! said De sartines grimly,
that Is not so bad" He pondered the
~
est ~
Absolutely. replied the due, who,
debarred from offering insult to the
woman whom he now hated In HIS own
house, left perfectly certain that De
SArttnes would not hesitate to do SO
in "a borrowed one.
VERY well, them replied De Sar-
tines. II shall deal with this lady.
Call me a servant"
De Ricelieu did SO, and De Sartines
gave his orders.
Go at once" said he, to the Hotel
de Sartines, and ask Monsieur Beaure-
gard to come here
I8'sYou will arrest her here? asked the
dnc.
Ma fol- why not?''
fEhe sound OF a carriage entering the
courtyard came family from outside.
Next moment a knock came to the door.
and Monsieur de Joyeuse was I. an.
nounced. He had been surprised at
the invitation, for he was not on very
friendly terms with the marechal. His
surprise had brought him.
N He bowed to the due.
Pay your compliments to Monsieur
dc Sartines first. said De Richelieu,
for he is your host, though the In
vitation came in my name"
De Joyeuse. with an impertinence
that was absolutely his own, turned his
back on the marechal and bowed to De
Sartines.
Continued next week.