Volume II Part 35 (1/2)
”Sister,” whispered Louison, softly, ”why do you wish to conceal so from me which I already know? Tell er threatens him, and two can bear the heaviest burden easier than one”
”Yes, you are right,” replied Irene, e her to her room, she sat down beside her and hastily told her what she knew about the conspiracy and the part Fanfaro took in it
Bobi+chel put in a word here and there, and when Irene had finished he said with a serness to read one of the letters you forgot to open the other”
”That's so!” exclai Girdel's letter she read the folloords, written in an original orthographical style:
”We must reskue Fanfaro and this is only posibel in one way You have great inflooence; try to ht, but not until after the trial, which will take place in two days I trust in you
GIRDEL”
”What answer shall I bring master!” asked the clown after Irene had read the letter
”That I will do as he says,” replied Irene ”Where is the thing Girdel intrusted to you?”
”Here,” said Bobi+chel, handing the young lady a pin with a pretty large head; and as Irene, aly at him, he quickly tore off the head and showed her a small hollohich a note lay
”You see, itation is soood-by I will tell ht person”
He disappeared, and the two young girls looked after him filled with new hope
From the time that the old Countess of Salves had infor circuhter and the Vicomte de Talizac was out of the question, violent scenes had taken place in the Fougereuse mansion
Financial ruin could now hardly be averted, and, far fro the cause of this shi+pwreck of her plans, Madeleine placed the blame entirely on her husband It was already whispered in court circles that the newly appointed captain in the Life Guards and Knight of St Louis would lose his position, and though the other young noblee that this was not universally known
Thea quarrel, and the marquis, pale and exhausted, lay back in his chair, when Count Fernando de Velletri was announced The marquis bathed his face and forehead in cold water, and ordered the Italian to be sent up He attached great importance to this visit, for Simon had told him that Velletri was a reat influence
Velletri entered and his appearance was so different from what it ordinarily was that theblack coat, a black cravat, and a round hat of the sas marked Velletri at once as a member of an ecclesiastical society The dark cropped hair lay thick at the temples, and his eyes were cast down The Italian was inch by inch a typical Jesuit, and his sharp look made the y”
Velletri bowed slightly to the ged for an intervieith you which I desire principally for your own good Are we undisturbed here?”
”Entirely so,” replied the marquis, coldly
The Italian sat down in a chair which the an in a business tone:
”Marquis, it is probably not unknown to you that the conduct of your son, the Vicomte de Talizac, compromises his own position and that of his family I--”
”But, count,” interrupted the marquis vivaciously, ”you were the chued his dissipations”
Velletri laughedeach word, ”is no child any ood way by any of his companions If I have apparently taken part in his dissipations, it was in the first place to prevent soereuse, which was often at stake”
”You, count--but I really do not understand,” stammered the marquis