Part 62 (1/2)
”Monsieur desires?” he asked, between respect and mistrust
And then a crisp voice startled him
”Why, Benoit! Naottenhand the old ht more fully upon that lean, wide-mouthed countenance
”M Andre!” he cried ”M Andre!” And then he looked at the sash and the cockade, and hesitated, apparently at a loss
But Andre-Louis stepped past him into the wide vestibule, with its tessellated floor of black-and-white marble
”If my Godfather has not yet retired, take me to him If he has retired, take me to him all the same”
”Oh, but certainly, M Andre--and I am sure he will be ravished to see you No, he has not yet retired This way, M Andre; this way, if you please”
The returning Andre-Louis, reaching Meudon a half-hour ago, had gone straight to thein Paris that should either confirm or dispel the o voluane informed him that insurrection was imminent, that already the sections had possessed themselves of the barriers, and that it was impossible for any person not fully accredited to enter or leave the city
Andre-Louis bowed his head, his thoughts of the gravest He had for soer of this second revolution fro that had been done, and give the reins of power to a villainous faction that would plunge the country into anarchy The thing he had feared was o on at once, that very night, and see for hi, he turned again to Rougane to ask if M de Kercadiou was still at Meudon
”You know him, monsieur?”
”He is my Godfather”
”Your Godfather! And you a representative! Why, then, you ane told him of his son's errand into Paris that afternoon and its result
No o his Godfather should upon certain ter at the e at the little inn and went straight to M de Kercadiou
And M de Kercadiou, startled in such an hour by this sudden apparition, of one against whoreeted him in terms alreeted him on a similar occasion once before
”What do you want here, sir?”
”To serve you if possible,answer
But it did not disar that I hoped you would not again disturb me”
”I should not have ventured to disobey you noere it not for the hope that I can be of service I have seen Rougane, theto disobey?”
”You forbade me your house, monsieur”
M de Kercadiou stared at him helplessly
”And is that why you have not come near me in all this time?”
”Of course Why else?”
M de Kercadiou continued to stare Then he swore under his breath It disconcerted hi him so literally He had expected that Andre-Louis would have co to be taken back into favour He said so