Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-10
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Not for a second was Andre-Louis
Under any delusion rs to the mans
deliberate purpose, nor were those
who stood near him, who made a
belated and ineffectual attempt to
close about him. He was ~grievously
disappointed. 1t was To- Cbabrillane
he had been expecting.
But if Chabrillane was the man
appointed to deal with him, he would
make the best of it..
Il thin. you are pushing against
me, monsieur" he said, very civilly,
and with elbow and shoulder he
thrust NJ. de Chabrillane back into
the rain.
Now, for all his slenderness, his
assiduous daily sword-practice had
given AMBIGUOUS an arm of iron.
Also he threw his weight into the
thrust. His assailant reeled back
ward a few steps, and then his heel
struck a baulk of timber left on the
ground by some workmen that morn
ing, and he sat down suddenly
in the mud.
A roar of laughter rose from all
who witnessed the fine gentleman's
downfall. He rose, mud-bespattered,
~ a lul , III VA Iiia LulS sII ne
at Andre-Louis.
You shall meet me for this!" he
spluttered. Il shall kill you for it."
Whenever you please, monsieur.
1t is for you to say when it will suit
your convenience to kill me. l think
that was the intention you an
nounced, was it not?" Andre-Louis
was suavity itself.
Tomorrow morning in the Bots.
Perhaps you will bring a friend"
Certainly, monsieur. Tomorrow
morning, then. / hope we shall have
fair weather. | detest the rain"
Chabrillane looked at him almost
with amazement. Andre-Louis smiled
pleasantly.
Don't let me detain you now,
monsieur. We quite understand each
other. | shall be in the Bots at nine
o'clock tomorrow morning."
In the morning, when the Assem-
bly, met, his place was vacant, and so
was M. de Cabrillane's. Gloom and
resentment sat upon the members
of the Third, and brought a more
than usually acrid note into their
debates. They disapproved of the
rashness of the new recruit to their
body. Some openly condemned his
lack of circumspection. Very few
and those only the little group in lie
Chapelier's conidence-ever expect
ed to see him again.
1t was, therefore, as much in
Amusement as in relief that at a
few minutes after ten they saw him
enter, calm, composed, and bland,
and thread his way to his seat. The
speaker occupying the rostrum at
that moment-a member of the
PriVileged-stopped short to stare in
incredulous dismay. Here was some
thing that he could not understand
at all. Then from somewhere a
voice explained the phenomenon con-
temptuously.
"They haven't met. He has shirked
it at the last moment"
1t must be so, thought all; the
mystification ceased, and men were
settling back into their seats. But
now. having reached his place, h-.v-
ing heard the voice that explained
the matter to the universal satisfac-
ton, Andre-Louis paused before tax
ing his seat. He felt it incumbent
upon him to reveal the rue fact.
IN. lie President, my xcuse for
my late arrival" There was no
| necessity for this. 1t was a mere
piece of theatricality. such as it was
not in Scaramoucne's nature to fore
so 81 have been detained by an
engagement of pressing nature,
[ bring you also the excuse of M.
de Chabrillane. He, unfortunately,
will be permanently absent from
this Assembly in future.
The silence was complete. Andre
Louis sat down.
CHAPTER VII
Nobody laughed now at Andrew
Louis fippancy. He did not intend
that anybody should. He intended
to be terrible; and he knew h a the
more f1ippant and casual his tone
| the more terrible would be its effect
He produced exactly the effect he
desired.
When the session rose, there were
a dozen spadassins awaiting him in
the vestibule.
He paused, seeking the man he ex-
J pected, the man he was almost anx-
ious to dbilge. But NJ. de La Toui
d'AZyr was absent from thosa eager
ranks. This seemed odd, La Tour
d'Azyr was Chabrillane's cousin and
closest friend. Surely he should
have been among the first today.
To Andre-Louis, since La Toui
was not one of that waiting pack. ii
mattered little IN that Tuesday
morning who should be the next
The next, as it happened, was the
young Vicomte de La Motte-Royau
one of the deadliest blades in the
group.
On the Wednesday morning, com
ing again an hour or so late TO the
Assembly, Andre-Louis announced
in mitch the same terms as he had
announced the death of Chabrillane
that NJ. de La Motte-Royau would
probably not disturb the harmony OF
the Assembly for some weeks to
! come, assuming that he were so for
tunate as to ecover ultimately from
the effects of an unpleasant accident
with which he had quite uneXpect'
! edly had the misfortune to meet
that morning.
On Thursday he made an identical
announcement with regard to the
Vidame de Blavon. On Friday ne
told them that he had been delayed
Nv Nj. de Troiscantins, and then
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