Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-26
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The oath. taken as he held in his
arms the body of his dearest friend,
PHILIPPE DE vILMoRIN, sent
AMBIGUOUS MOREAU. young
lawyer of Gavrillac. to Rennes
and thence to Nantes where his
fervid speeches reused to action
the citizens who were chahng I'M
der the oppression of the nobility.
Philippe had been tricked into a
duel and brutally murdered because
the great
MARQUIS DE LA TOUR D'AZYR
feared the dangerous gift of ]
quence' which the idealistic di-
vinity student possessed. Andre
Louis swore to carry on the cause
of his friend and revenge himself
on the Marquis for Philippe's
death and because the profigate
noble had sued for the hand of
the beautiful
ALINE DE KERCADIoU. niece of
LORD OF GAvRILLAc. who was
popularity believed to be the
father of Andre-Louis.
Returning from Nantes. Andre
Louis is met on the outskirts of
Gavrillac by Aline, who warns him
that soldiers are waiting in the
town to arrest him for sedition.
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"My dear Aline! That l should
concern and troubled" exclaimed
Andre with mockins nonchalance.
do you realize that they have
come to arrest you?" she asked him.
with increasing impatience. You
are wanted for sedition, and upon a
warrant from M. de Lesdiguieres."
"Sedition?" quoth he. and his
thoughts few to that business at
Nantes. 1t was impossible they
could have had news of 1t in Rennes
and acted upon 1t in so short a time.
Eyes, sedition. The sedition of
that wicked speech of yours at
Rennes on Wednesday"
you must not go into Gavrillac,"
she told him, land you must get
down from your horse, and let me
take it. I shall return it to the
Breton Arme."
"You haven't considered what will
happen to you If you do such a
thing"
What do I ARE for law? Do you
imagine that the law will presume
TO touch me?"
vi course there Is t1dl. 1ou are
sheltered by n Of the abuses 1
complained of at Rennes. I was
forgetting"
Complain of it as much as you
please, but meanwhile profit by 1t.
Come, Andre, do as I tell you. Get
down from your horse" And then.
as he still hesitated, she stretched
out and caught him by the arm Her
voice was vibrant with earnestness
ANDRE, you don't realize how ser.-
Il is your position. You must so
away at once, and lie completely
lost until my uncle can bring iniu-
ence to bea to obtain your pardon"
THAT will be a long time. then"
said Andre-Louis. IN. de Kerca-
diou has never cultivated friends at
court"
There is NJ. de La Tour d'Azyr,"
she reminded him. to his astonish-
"That mani" he cried. and then
he laughed.
why, yes. You see. I have not
yet said that I will be Marquise de
La Tour d'Azyr. 1t is a position that
has its advantages. One of them
is that it ensures a suitor's COM
pIete obedience"
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of your mind. You might go so far
as to say to him: Refuse me this,
and I shall refuse to be your mar
quise.' You would go so far as
that?"
"At need, I might"
"And do you not see the converse
implication? Do you not see that
your hands would then be tied, that
you would be wanting in honor II
afterwards you refused him? And
do you think that I would consent
to anything that could so tie your
Do you think I want to see
you damned. Aline?"
Her hand fell away from his arm.
"Oh. you are mad!' she exclaim-
ed. quite out of patience.
Possibly. But i like my mad
ness. There is a thrill in 1t unknown
to such sanity as yours. By your
leave, Aline. I think I will ride on