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unknown that he turned when he had withdrawn, and came back to assure

himself that the men ed a whisper with one of theone on his errand the envoy leaned against the wall of the

gateway, and, with his chin sunk on his breast and his lances of which he was the

target He remained in this position until the officer ca roused the unknoho,

invited to follow Peridol, traversed two courts without re in the extre on the ruined Tour de Billy Here, in an upper floor,

the Governor of the Arsenal had established his teer was introduced betrayed the haste in

which it had been prepared for its occupant Two silver laht on a medley of arms and

inlaid armour, of parchments, books and steel caskets, which encumbered

not the tables only, but the stools and chests that, after the fashion of

that day, stood for the arras In the midst of the disorder,

on the bare floor, walked the man who,the Huguenots to Paris--and to their doom It

was no marvel that the events of the day, the surprise and horror, still

rode his mind; nor wonderful that even he, who passed for a model of

stiffness and reticence, betrayed for once the indignation which filled

his breast Until the officer had withdrawn and closed the door he did,

indeed, keep silence; standing beside the table and eyeing his visitor

with a lofty porte and a stern glance But the moment he was assured

that they were alone he spoke