Part 8 (1/2)
”Your highness's signature?” said Guiche
”Take a blank appointive it to me” Guiche handed the prince the document indicated, and at the same time presented hined ”Here,” he said, returning hiive it on one condition”
”Name it”
”That you ly,” said Guiche And he held out his hand to the chevalier with an indifference a to conte in any way to have noticed the count's slight; ”adieu, and bring us back a princess ill not talk with her own portrait too much”
”Yes, set off and lose no tielonne and De Wardes”
”Both excellent and fearless companions”
”Too fearless,” said the chevalier; ”endeavor to bring them both back, count”
”A bad heart, bad!” murmured De Guiche; ”he scentselse” And taking leave of the prince, he quitted the apartment As soon as he reached the vestibule, he waved in the air the paper which the prince had signed Malicorne hurried forward, and received it, treht When, however, he held in his hand, Guiche observed that he still awaited so further
”Patience, monsieur,” he said; ”the Chevalier de Lorraine was there, and I feared an utter failure if I asked too much at once Wait until I return Adieu”
”Adieu, monsieur le comte; a thousand thanks,” said Malicorne
”Send Manicamp to me By the way, monsieur, is it true that Mlle de la Valliere is laelonne, who had just at that moment entered the courtyard, turned suddenly pale The poor lover had heard the remark, which, however, was not the case with Malicorne, for he was already beyond the reach of the count's voice
”Why is Louise's name spoken of here,” said Raoul to hi yonder, even say a word about her in entlemen,” exclaimed the Comte de Guiche, ”prepare to start”
At this moment the prince, who had complete his toilette, appeared at the , and was immediately saluted by the acclamations of all who composed the escort, and ten minutes afterwards, banners, scarfs, and feathers were fluttering and waving in the air, as the cavalcade galloped away
Chapter VIII Le Havre
This brilliant and animated cos, arrived at Le Havre four days after their departure from Paris It was about five o'clock in the afternoon, and no intelligence had yet been received of Madareatest confusion i thetheir attendants In the nized Manicamp It was, indeed, Manicamp himself; but as Malicorne had taken possession of his very best costuet any other than a suit of violet velvet, trinized him as much by his dress as by his features, for he had very frequently seen Manicamp in his violet suit, which was his last resource Manicamp presented himself to the count under an arch of torches, which set in a blaze, rather than illuate by which Le Havre is entered, and which is situated close to the tower of Francis I The count, reone expression of Manica ”Well, my poor Manica?”
”Yes,” replied Manica”
”For whoold suit, which has disappeared, and in the place of which I could find nothing but this; and I was even obliged to econoet possession of it”
”Indeed?”
”It is singular you should be astonished at that, since you leave me without any money”
”At all events, here you are, and that is the principal thing”
”By the ?”
”Lodging?”
”Yes!”
”I ah ”Well,” said he, ”where do you intend to lodge?”
”In the same place you do”
”But I don't know,you don't know?”
”Certainly, how is it likely I should knohere I should stay?”
”Have you not retained an hotel?”
”I?”
”Yes, you or the prince”
”Neither of us has thought of it Le Havre is of considerable size, I suppose; and provided I can get a stable for a dozen horses, and a suitable house in a good quarter-”
”Certainly, there are some very excellent houses”
”Well then-”
”But not for us”
”What do you lish, of course”
”For the English?”
”Yes; the houses are all taken”
”By who your pardon?” said Guiche, whose attention this naham His Grace was preceded by a courier, who arrived here three days ago, and immediately retained all the houses fit for habitation the town possesses”
”Come, come, Manicamp, let us understand each other”
”Well, what I have told you is clear enough, it seeham does not occupy the whole of Le Havre?”