Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-09
CHAPTER VII
kHAKnssEAREs wonx.s. VOL. VIII

aanc old time period as the house
stseE, stood at the extreme right
and left of the low wall that sepa-
rated the front courtyard from the
Place du PaIais-Bourbon. These
-eodges wcre joined to the main
building, situated at the back of
the courtyard, by a series of out
houses. On one side we're the
coach stables, stables, harness
rooms, and garage. with the por-
fer's lodge at the end ON the other
side, the wash houses, kitchens and
offices. ending in the lodge occu-
pied by Mile. Lcvasscur
This lodge had only II ground
floor, consisting of dark entrance
hall and one large room, most of
which served as a sitting room,
while the rest, arranged as Il bed
room, was really only a sort of al
cove. A curtain hid the bed and
wash hand stand. There were two
windows looking out on the Place
du Palais- Bourbon.
1t was the first time that Don
luis had set foot in Mile. Lcvas-
.seur 8 room. E%ngrosscd though he
was with other matters, he felt it's
charm 1t was very simply fur
nished: some old mahogany chairs
and armchairs, a plain, empire
writing table, a round table with
one heavy, massive leg, aud some
book shelves. But the bright color
of the linen curtains cniivcned the
room. On the walls hung repro
auctions of famous pictures, draw
ings of sunny buildings and land
-scapes, Italian villas, Sicilian
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The girl remained standing. Sne
had resumed her composurc, and
her face had taken on tho enigmat-
ical expression so difficult to faith
ON, especially as she had assumed
q deliberate air of detection, which
4'crenna guessed was intended to
hide her excitement and alertness,
together with the tumuItuous feel
ings which even she had great diff
ficulty i'll controlling.
Her eyes looked neither timor-
our, nor defiant. 1t realty seemed
rs though she had nothing to fear
from the explanation.
). Don Luis kept siIont; for some
little time. 1t was strange and it
annoyed him to feel it, but he ex-
perienced a certain embarrassment
In the presence of this woman.
against whom he was inwardly
bringing the most serious charges.
And, not daring to put them into
words, not daring to say plainly
what he thought, he began:
you know what happened in
this house this morninge"
"This morningi"
eyes, when l had finished
speaking on the telephone"
~ know now. / heard it from
the servants, from the butler"
MOT beforei"
"How could I have know ear
liers"
She was lying. IT was impossi.
ble that she should be speaking the
truth. And yet in what a calm
voice she had replied!
He went on:
81 will tell you, in a few words,
what happened. Twas leaving the
telephone box, when. the iron cur
tain, concealed in the upper part
at the, wall; fellsip front of me.
After making sure tkat there was
nothing to be done, Haimply re-
solved, as 1 had the telephone by
me, to call in the assistance Of one
Of my friends. rang UP Major
d'Astrignac. He came at 0nce and.
with the help of the butler, let me
out. Is that what you heardi"
Eyes, monsieur. I had gone to
my room, which explains why ]
knew nothing of the incident or of
Major d,Astrignac'a visit"
Every well. II appears, how
ever, from what 4 learned when I
Was released. N.at the butler and,
Tor that matte everybody in the
house, inclndi' yourself, knew of
the existcnac tet iron curtain =
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