The Forty-Five Guardsmen

ed four or five of a martial appearance, whom the closing of the doors annoyed v

d this group, and began to cr

Is it not shameful, monsieur, that they should close the gates in op

s of age, and the principal personage in the group. "Yes, monsieur," replied he, "you ar

have lest some one sho

id a voice,

saw a young man from twenty to twenty-five, resting his hand on the crupper of the hor

Briquet, "that this Salce

hey say

not believe i

ave let him be taken, or at all events would not have allowed him to have been car

rous, because, whether it failed or succeeded, it would have been an avo

by such considerations; therefore, as he has not defende

but it is not I who invent, for it

efore the

eur; at th

e did, but they do no

ain, monsieur

valier impatiently. "As you seem so

ords," replied Briquet, who seemed to

hose they attr

s confessed that he con

he king, o

st the Duc

confess

el

troon!" said the c

nd the thumb-screw make a

t is true,

he thumb-screw, nonsense: if Salcede confessed

y, monsieur," sa

so much the worse for

nce soft and imperative, of whic

r himself, and then said quietly to the G

ede?"

n the

e Duc d

ll l

Salcede is

etter: he will

de Guise wishes to conspire

do I

ha

neville!" murmur

"I came to Paris on business, and find the gates close

which a crier proceeded, dressed in a flowered tunic, and bearing on his breast a scutcheon on whi

hat its gates will be closed for one hour, and that none can enter dur

hich, however, the crier seemed indifferent. The officer com

moned by letter or mandate, are exempt from this rule. Given

, when the crowd began to undulate lik

meaning of th

aking in a low voice to his companions. "These guards, this crier, these

command; "make room for those

leaping into the cleared space. He walked straight up to the officer who h

your hat, it ap

mons

in the

wind carried away both my letter and my hat. I ran after the letter, although the button of my hat was a single diamond; I caught my letter, bu

Bious! I will buy a more magnificent on

shoulders slightly, and

have one-or

h, if it be t

p de Bious! Is it to M. de Loignac

cer coldly, and evidently not m

gnac, my c

not sa

cous

Your

scon drew out the half o

king at it, "and your companions, if you

d, its magnificence attracted more laughter than admiration; and it is true that no other part of the costume of the individual in question corresponded with this magnificence. The second, who was lame, was followed by a gray-headed lackey, who looked like the precur

ike a king by the side of the others. Forced to regulate his pace by those who preceded him, he was advancing slowly, when he felt a sudden pull a

ire, monsieur?"

or, mo

y, I pray you, for

ecessity demands my presence there. You, on your part, are

el

and I will

do not wish to be

ange glance, that the cavalier felt the icy reserve i

t I could be served

ry, who, if you grant what I ask, shall be paid a hundred-fold for the service you will render me; let me enter with you, then, I beg, remembering that he who now begs, has often comm

ld pass," replied Mayneville; "it i

; once I am through

et the sign

on the mout

ccess at

aid the man on the black

the cavalier, who immediately joined his friends who were occu

Robert Briquet; "what