Part 49 (2/2)
”Then you will be glad to have everything settled quickly, I a no part in the present conversation He knew that his teh he had nothing but conteuely in his stupid, blundering way he grudgingly admitted that mayhap it was better to allow citizen Chauvelin to deal with the Englisher that if his own violent teht even at this eleventh hour order this insolent prisoner to suuillotine, and thus lose the final chance of theon a chair in his usual slouchinghead sunk between his broad shoulders, his shi+fty, proue to that of the other runt of i tireat deal to see to if we are to start at dawn Get the d--d letter written, and--”
The rest of the phrase was lost in an indistinct and surlyof the shoulders, paid no further heed to him; he turned, bland and urbane, once more to the prisoner
”I see with pleasure, Sir Percy,” he said, ”that we thoroughly understand one another Having had a few hours' rest you will, I know, feel quite ready for the expedition Will you kindly indicate to me the direction in which ill have to travel?”
”Northwards all the way”
”Towards the coast?”
”The place to which we ues from the sea”
”Our first objective then will be Beauvais, Amiens, Abbeville, Crecy, and so on?”
”Precisely”
”As far as the forest of Boulogne, shall we say?”
”Where we shall couidance”
”We o there now, Sir Percy, and leave you here”
”You ues is not far froers”
”Anddisappointed, would inevitably send you to the guillotine”
”Quite so,” rejoined the prisoner placidly ”Methought, sir, that we had decided that I should lead this little expedition? Surely,” he added, ”it is not so much the Dauphin whoht as usual, Sir Percy Therefore let us take that as settled We go as far as Crecy, and thence place ourselves entirely in your hands”
”The journey should not takewhich you will travel in a coach in the company of my friend Heron”
”I could have chosen pleasanter co settled, Sir Percy I understand that you desire to communicate with one of your followers”
”Some one must let the others know those who have the Dauphin in their charge”
”Quite so Therefore I pray you write to one of your friends that you have decided to deliver the Dauphin into our hands in exchange for your own safety”
”You said just now that this you would not guarantee,” interposed Blakeney quietly