Volume III Part 34 (2/2)
”I knohere she is,” I added, ”and I may tell you that she would never have left her e she abhorred”
”Well, but the man is now married; let her return to her mother's house, and you will be safe, unless thethat you incited her to procure abortion”
”There is no abortion in theto her fa the consent of another party If I succeed in doing so I shall be able to throw the desired light on the question Be kind enough to giveon the day after to-hted to hear what you have to say I thank and congratulate you Farewell!”
I was on the brink of the precipice, but I was deterdom rather than betray the honour of ladly have put an end to the case with money; but it was too late I was sure that Farsetti had the chief hand in all this trouble, that he was continually on my track, and that he paid the spies mentioned by M de Sartine He it ho had set Vauversin, the barrister, after me, and I had no doubt that he would do all in his power to ruin me
I felt that my only course was to tell the whole story to M de Sartine, but to do that I required Madame du Rumain's permission
CHAPTER IX
My Examination I Give the Clerk Three Hundred Louis--The Midwife and Cartel-Bajac Iht to Bed of a Son and Obliges Her Mother to Make Me Aainst Me Is Quashed--Mdlle X C V Goes With Her Mother to Brussels and Froirls--Madaain--I Go to Holland--Helvetius' ”Esprit”--Piccolomini
The day after my intervieith M de Sartine I waited on Madaency of the case I took the liberty of rousing her from her slumbers, and as soon as she was ready to receive me I told her all
”There can be no hesitation in the htful woman
”We must make a confidant of M de Sartine, and I will speak to him myself to-day without fail”
Forthwith she went to her desk and wrote to the cri him to see her at three o'clock in the afternoon In less than an hour the servant returned with a note in which he said he would expect her We agreed that I should co, when she would tell me the result of her interview
I went to the house at five o'clock, and had only a few ,” said she; ”he knows that she is on the eve of her confinehly for your generosity I told hi lady had recovered her health, she would return to her h she would make no confession, and that the child should be well looked after You have now nothing to fear, and can calo on you will be cited before the court the day after to-morrow I advise you to see the clerk of the court on some pretext or other, and to make him accept a sum of money”
I was summoned to appear, and I appeared I saw M de Sartine, 'sedente he toldetthe decision I proed in my exaht na else As for Mdlle X C V, I said that neither I nor anyone of her family had any suspicion that she ith child
Recollecting that I was an alien, and that this circuht ht fly the kingdo interest with the clerk of the court, and I accordingly paid hi him of my fears, I slipped into his hand a packet of three hundred louis, for which I did not ask for a receipt, saying that they were to defray expenses if I were ive bail for her appearance, and I toldincident took place:
I alking in the Teave me a note in which I was informed that somebody in an alley, fifty paces off, wanted to speak to e,” I said to e, which was following me, and went to the place
I cannot say how surprised I was to see the wretched Cartel-Bajac standing before me ”I have only a word to say,” said he, when he saw me ”We will not be overheard here The nant lady to her, but she is vexed that you are accused ofaith her Give her a hundred louis; she will then declare to the court that she has been mistaken, and your trouble will be ended You need not pay the money till she has made her declaration; ill take your word for it Come with me and talk it over with Vauversin I aest
I knohere to find him, follow me at some distance”
I had listened to hihted to see that the rascals were betraying theo on, and I will follow” I went after him to the third floor of a house in the Rue aux Ours, where I found Vauversin the barrister
No sooner had I arrived than he went to business without any prefatory remarks
”The midwife,” he said, ”will call on you with a witness apparently with the intention ofto your face that you are her nize you She will then proceed with the witness to the court, and will declare that she has made a mistake, and the cris You will thus be certain of gaining your case against the lady's ht the plan well conceived, and said that they would find me at the Temple any day up to noon