And we stood round
him trapped, beaten, for all the world like children. Oh, I
could have cried! This was the end of our long ride, our
aspirations, our knight-errantry!
"Now perhaps you will listen to me," he went on smoothly, "and
hear what I am going to do. I shall keep you here, young
gentlemen, until you can serve me by carrying to mademoiselle,
your cousin, some news of her betrothed. Oh, I shall not detain
you long," he added with an evil smile. "You have arrived in
Paris at a fortunate moment. There is going to be a--well, there
is a little scheme on foot appointed for to-night--singularly
lucky you are!--for removing some objectionable people, some
friends of ours perhaps among them, M. Anne. That is all. You
will hear shots, cries, perhaps screams. Take no notice. You
will be in no danger. For M. de Pavannes," he continued, his
voice sinking, "I think that by morning I shall be able to give
you a--a more particular account of him to take to Caylus--to
Mademoiselle, you understand.
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