Volume II Part 52 (1/2)
”That is my business and need not worry you at all Do you reht of the 24th of February, 1839? Yes or no?”
”Yes,” groaned Ansele at Beaussuet?”
”Yes”
”Well, a certain person came expressly from Toulon to see about a sum of money, a million--”
”I have not touched a penny of the
”No, certainly not, you were always unselfish Well, do not interrupt me The person who came from Toulon (_recte_ Benedetto) was just about to put the suer who--”
”Benedetto, if you are a hu and not a devil, keep silent,”
cried Anseled his shoulders
”You are a fool,” he said, contemptuously ”I heard two persons on the stairs I hid behind the door, with a knife in ht hand The door opened The shadow of a form appeared in the door, and I struck I felt the knife sink deep into a human breast”
”Wretch! It was the breast of your mother!” sta to you,” mocked Benedetto, with a cynical smile ”Yes, it was my mother But how did you know it?”
”I es of Oliolles--”
”Ah! and there she told you the story of her life”
”She begged me to help her save her son, and I promised to do so; I knew that you were that wretched son”
”Did she tell you her na from me I found out that the son she wished to save intended to hly, ”and less talk”
”And that this son was a child of sin”
”Ah, really; and her name?”
”She made me swear to keep it secret”
”So alley-slave was a man of his word?”
”Galley-slave or not, I have kept silent, and will do so further”
”You are a hero! Nevertheless, you can tell me the name”