Page 177 (1/2)

"Then the preparations he has uenots,"

Lescot, the ex-Provost, said with a sigh of relief And Thuriot's face

lightened also "He leaders,

before he deals with the herd"

"Think it not!" Father Pezelay cried in his high shrill voice "I tell

you the woman has bewitched him, and he will deny his letters!"

For a moment there was silence Then, "But dare he do that, reverend

Father?" Lescot asked slowly and incredulously "What? Suppress the

King's letters?"

"There is nothing he will not dare! There is nothing he has not dared!"

the priest answered veheuard-room of the Louvre, when Tavannes had so skilfully turned the

tables on hi venom into his tone "She who lives with him

is the devil's She has bewitched him with her spells and her Sabbaths!

She bears the mark of the Beast on her boso!"

The laymen ere present shuddered The two canons who faced the, "Avaunt, Satan!"

"It is for you to decide," the priest continued, gazing on them

passionately, "whether you will side with hiel of God!

For I tell you it was none other executed the Divine judgel of God held the sword at Tours! It is

none other holds the sword here! Are you for hiainst him? Are

you for him, or for the woainst God? For the hour draws near! The time is at hand! You