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"No"

"Then hear them His Excellency is inforuilty of the detestable crie here He requires that the said Hannibal de

Tavannes be handed to hi done before

sunset this evening, he will yield to you free and uninjured the said M

de Tignonville, and will retire from the lands of Vrillac But if you

refuse"--thethe line of attentive faces which

fringed the battleallows raised for Tavannes, and will harry the de silence on the gate Soaze still fixed on

him, moved their lips as if they chewed Others looked aside, lance, and slowly returned to him But no

one spoke At his back the flush of daas flooding the east, and

spreading and waxing brighter The air was groarreen

In a e already peeped above the

low hills of France, would top the horizon

Theno answer, shifted his feet uneasily "Well," he cried,

"what answer am I to take?"

Still no one ive her the letter?" he cried And he

held it up "Give "