Volume II Part 51 (1/2)
”It is useless,” he muttered in a hollow voice, ”the day after to-morrow the rent is due, and what then rein so, but everywhere o out in the broad daylight I myself would be satisfied with dry bread, but Jane, the poor, poor thing! With her talent she could have had a brilliant life, and reign everywhere like a queen if it were not for the terrible past Like a spectre, it stands in our path, and while she is innocent, the curse of being the cause of both our wretchedness strikes ht noise caused Melosan to pause and listen For a while all was silent, and then the noise recommenced He hurried to the door, but could not see any one, and returning to the room he shook his head and resumed his seat
”I must have been deceived,” he ht--”
The knock was repeated, and this time so loudly that Melosan discovered fro to the attiche threw the curtain aside and peered out A dark shadow moved here and there on the roof, and Melosan reached for his pistol
”Who's there?” he cried
”Some one who desires to speak to you,” came back in firm tones
”To me? At this hour?” asked the secretary in a daze
”Yes, to you--open quickly or I shall burst in the ”
Melosan saw that it could not be a thief, and so he hesitatingly shoved back the bolt
A powerful hand raised thefroly; but at this ht from the room fell full on the man's face, and the secretary let the pistol fall, and cried in a faint, treet here?”
”Ha! ha! ha! Don't you see I caly
”But you shall not corily, as he cocked his pistol ”Get out of here, or I shall blow your brains out”
”You won't do any such thing,” said the other, coolly ”Do you think because you are posing as an honest ine you are one? Ha! is the situation clear to you? A goodto have, and if one does not like to hear names it is better to acquiesce Well, what do you say? Shall we talk overoff your pistol and attracting the attention of the police?”
A shudder ran through Melosan, and he looked at the floor in despair
”Can I offer you a cigar?” continued thehiainst the back of the fauteuil, the speaker lighted a cigar, and with the utmost calm of mind puffed blue clouds of s with hirily approaching the other, said:
”Listen to et rid of each other the better it will be for both of us Why did you hunt o that I did not wish to have anything to do with you You go your way and I will go mine; let neither of us bother the other, and as I aet that you ever bore any other naiano”
”You have becoiano, laughing ly; ”upon alley-slave, I would think you were a prince!”
”And I would hold you now and always for the incarnation of everything that is bad,” replied Anselht to be called Lucifer instead of Benedetto!”
CHAPTER xxxIII
THE CATASTROPHE
The twoeyes In Toulon they were chained together, and now--
Anselmo had reversed the letters of his name and called himself Melosan