New Britain herald., 1922-07-07

Tell me Andre. She paused. ai If in some difficulty and then wen on, her eyes upon the ground. "Tel me--the truth of that event at th' Feydau."
 The request fetched frown to hi brow. He suspected at once thu thought that prompted 1t, Quit' simply and briefly he gave her hi version of the affair.
 That is much what I was told, she said But 1t was added that M do La Tour d'Azyr had gone to ths theater expressly for the purpose O breaking finally with La Binet. Dc you know If that was so?"
 'I don't nor Of any reason why f should be so. La Binet provided hin tho sort Of amusement that he and hi. kind are forever craving ."
 "Oh. there was reason" she in. terrupted him. T was the reason I spoke to Mime. de sautron. told her that would not continue to re- ceivc one who came to me contami. hated in that fashion" She spoke Of 1t with obvious difficulty. her color rising as he watched her half-averted face.
 M. de Sautron conveyed my de. cision to him, and afterwards repre- sented him to me as a man in despair repentant, ready to give proofs-any proofs-of his sincerity and devotion to me He told me that NJ. de La Tour d'Azyr had sworn to him that he would cut short that affair, that he would see La Binet no more. And then. on the very next day heard of his having all but lost his life in tha, riot at the theater."
 "Oh, if M. de La Tour d'Azyr has sworn . ." Andre-Louis was laugh ing on a bitter note of sarcasm.
 Either she did not hear or did not heed him.
 You do not of your own knowl- edge know that it was not as M de I.o Tour d'Azyr asserts-that he went to the Teydau that night?"
 T don't" he admitted. Tt is, of course, possible. But does it matter ?"
 Tt might matter Tell me; what became of La Binet after all ?"
 T don't know"
 You don't knowo' She turned to consider him. And you can say it with that indifference. thought I thought you loved her, Andre"
 So I did for little while. I was mistaken. It required a La Tour d'Azyr to disclose the truth to me. They have their uses, these gentlemen. They help stupid fellows like myself to perceive important truths They had reached the wrought-iron gates at the end of the avenue. 1 Through these they beheld the wait ing yellow chaise which had brought AndreLou From near at hand came the creak of other wheels, the beat of other hoofs, and now another vehicle came in sight, and drew to a standstill. The lady who occupied teh carriage, perceiving Aline, waved to her and issued a command CHAPTER ". The footman opened the door, let ting down the steps and proffering his arm to his mistress to assist her to alight. She was a woman of some thing more than forty, who once must have been very lovely, who was very lovely still with the refining quality that age brings to some women. Her dress and carriage alike advertised great rank
 ] T take my leave here since you have visitor said Andre-Louis
 But it is an old acquaintance of your own, Andre. You fememb Der Mime. la Comtesse de Plougastel ?' He looked at the approaching lady and because she was named to him he recognized her. He must, he thought, have recognized her with out prompting anywhere at any time, and this although it was some sixteen years since last he had seen her. The sight of her brought it all back to him "a treasured memory that had never permitted itself to be entirely overllid by subsequent events.
 When he was a boy of ten, on the eve of being sent to school at Rem nes, she had come on visit to his godfather, who was her cousin. The her youthful beauty, with her gentle. cultured voice-and her majestic air of the great world, had scared him a little at first. Very gently had she allayed those fears of his, and by some mysterious entertainment she had completely enslaved his regard.
 For three days whilst she had been at Gavrillac. he had gone daily to the manor and so had spent hours in her company A childless woman with the maternal instinct strong within her, she had taken this precociously intelligent. wide-eyed lad to her heart
 Give him to me Cousin Quintin, :" he remembered her saying on the last of those days to his godfather Let me take him back with me to Yer sailles as my adopted child"
 But the Seigneur had gravely