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For that most aht but the highest praise In his every dealing with h-entleman that it was little short of a pleasure to be his prisoner Hethe nature of entlemen at the Hotel de la Couronne, and when at theI requested him to deliver a packet to the taller of those same two he did so without comment or question That packet contained the portrait of Mademoiselle de Marsac, but on the inner wrapper was a note requesting Lesperon not to open it until he should be in Spain

Neither Marsac nor Lesperon did I see again before we resu out a curious incident occurred Castelroux's cooons had ridden into the courtyard as ereThey lined up under their lieutenant's command, to allow us to pass; but as we reached the porte-cochere ere delayed for afor relays, and co, apparently, from Toulouse Castelroux and I backed our horses until ere in the oons, and so we stood while the vehicle passed in As it went by, one of the leather curtains was drawn back, and irl face, with eyes of blue, and brown curls lying upon the slender neck Her glance lighted on me, swordless and in the midst of that company of troopers, and I bowed low upon the withers ofain, and eclipsed the face of the wos as to what e me, I rode away in silence at Monsieur de Castelroux's side Had she experienced any res had been aroused at sight ofere she experienced thehten her

The conteht anon beset her when she came to ponder the truth of s that at Lavedan I had uttered, filled rew ies of the mistake that there had been My name could not be unknown to theive the me to the scaffold Yet I was not without uneasiness, for the summariness hich Castelroux had infor with those accused of high treason occasioned s