Part 51 (1/2)
The tone of it brought hiain, Le Chapelier with him
”I said M de La Tour d'Azyr”
”What has he to do with the proposal you wereme?”
”He? Why, he is the phlebotomist in chief”
And Le Chapelier added ”It is he who killed Lagron”
”Not a friend of yours, is he?” wondered Danton
”And it is La Tour d'Azyr you desire me to kill?” asked Andre-Louis very slowly, after thethe subject
”That's it,” said Danton ”And not a job for a prentice hand, I can assure you”
”Ah, but this alters things,” said Andre-Louis, thinking aloud ”It offers a great temptation”
”Why, then?” The Colossus took a step towards hiain
”Wait!” He put up his hand Then with chin sunk on his breast, he paced away to the , lances, then watched hi, what time he considered
At first he almost wondered why he should not of his own accord have decided upon so account of M de La Tour d'Azyr What was the use of this great skill in fence that he had coe Vilmorin, and to make Aline safe fro to seek out La Tour d'Azyr, put ahim to the point To-day this would be murder, murder as treacherous as that which La Tour d'Azyr had done upon Philippe de Vilmorin; for to-day the old positions were reversed, and it was Andre-Louis who nation without a doubt of the issue It was a moral obstacle of which he al obstacle he had expounded to Danton There was still a law in France; the saainst La Tour d'Azyr, but which would ainst himself in like case And then, suddenly, as if by inspiration, he saw the way--a hich if adopted would probably bring La Tour d'Azyr to a poetic justice, bring him, insolent, confident, to thrust himself upon Andre-Louis' sword, with all the odiuain, and they saw that he was very pale, that his great dark eyes glowed oddly
”There will probably be soron,” he said ”Our fellow-countryer to offer theh,” said Le Chapelier gloo in Andre-Louis' mind: ”Andre!” he cried ”Would you”
”It is what I was considering It would give itimate place in the assembly If your Tour d'Azyrs choose to seek me out then, why, their blood be upon their own heads I shall certainly do nothing to discourage them” He smiled curiously ”I am just a rascal who tries to be honest--Scaramouche always, in fact; a creature of sophistries Do you think that Ancenis would have me for its representative?”
”Will it have Ohing, his countenance eager ”Ancenis will be convulsed with pride
It is not Rennes or Nantes, as it ives you a voice for Brittany”
”I should have to go to Ancenis”
”No need at all A letter from me to the Municipality, and the Municipality will confirht atcan be accomplished It is settled, then?”
Andre-Louis considered yet a ements with Le Duc and Galoche to carry it on for hi Le Duc, after all, was becohly efficient master, and he was a trustworthy fellow At need a third assistant could be engaged
”Be it so,” he said at last
Le Chapelier clasped hands with hiratulatorily voluble, until interrupted by the red-coated giant at the door