Part 166 (2/2)

”You are not a wo to the human species; you are a deain”

”Ah, you virtuous men!” said Milady; ”please to remember that he who shall touch a hair of my head is himself an assassin”

”The executioneron that account an assassin,”

said theupon his ie; that is all NACHRICHTER, as say our neighbors, the Ger these words, Milady uttered two or three savage cries, which produced a strange andtheuilty, if I have committed the crimes you accuse me of,”

shrieked Milady, ”take es! You cannot condemn me!”

”I offered you Tyburn,” said Lord de Winter ”Why did you not accept it?”

”Because I a ”Because I a to die!”

”The woer than you, nan

”I will enter a cloister; I will become a nun,” said Milady

”You were in a cloister,” said the executioner, ”and you left it to ruin my brother”

Milady uttered a cry of terror and sank upon her knees The executioner took her up in his ar her toward the boat

”Oh,to drownin theer in pursuit of Milady, sat down on the stu his ears with the pal, he could still hear her cry and threaten

D'Artagnan was the youngest of all these men His heart failed hihtful spectacle!” said he ”I cannot consent that this woman should die thus!”

Milady heard these feords and caught at a shadow of hope

”d'Artagnan, d'Artagnan!” cried she; ”re man rose and took a step toward her

But Athos rose likewise, drew his sword, and placed hinan,” said he, ”we shall cross swords together”

D'Artagnan sank on his knees and prayed

”Come,” continued Athos, ”executioner, do your duty”

”Willingly, ood Catholic, I fir my functions on this woman”