Part 10 (2/2)
”If your death were to take place at this moment, my lord,” replied Raoul, with unruffled coreat happiness, for this circumstance would prevent all kinds of evil remarks; not alone about yourself, but also about those illustrious persons who in so absurd aman, almost beside himself ”Yes, yes; better to die, than to suffer as I do at this er, the handle of which was inlaid with precious stones; and which he half drew from his breast
Raoul thrust his hand aside ”Be careful what you do,” he said; ”if you do not kill yourself, you commit a ridiculous action; and if you were to kill yourself, you sprinkle blood upon the nuptial robe of the princess of England”
Buckingha this interval, his lips quivered, his fingers worked convulsively, and his eyes wandered, as though in deliriuelonne, I knohere a nobler mind than yours; you are, indeed, a worthy son of the entleman that ever lived Keep your tents” And he threw his arms round Raoul's neck All ere present, astounded at this conduct, which was the very reverse of as expected, considering the violence of the one adversary and the deteran immediately to clap their hands, and a thousand cheers and joyful shouts arose frohaainst his inclination; but, at all events, he did elish to do the same; and they who, until that moment, had looked at each other with restless uncertainty, fraternized on the spot In the meantime, the procession of the princess arrived, and had it not been for Bragelonne, two arether in conflict, and blood would have been shed upon the flohich the ground was covered At the appearance, however, of the banners borne at the head of the procession, coht
Concord returned to its place alish and French rivaled each other in their devotion and courteous attention to the illustrious travelers The English forwarded to the French baskets of flowers, of which they hadprincess; the French in return invited the English to a supper, which was to be given the next day Congratulations were poured in upon the princess everywhere during her journey From the respect paid her on all sides, she seemed like a queen; and from the adoration hich she was treated by two or three; she appeared an object of worshi+p The queen-ave the French the most affectionate reception France was her native country, and she had suffered too et France She taught her daughter, then, by her own affection for it, that love for a country where they had both been hospitably received, and where a brilliant future opened before them After the public entry was over, and the spectators in the streets had partially dispersed, and the sound of theof the crowd could be heard only in the distance; when the night had closed in, wrapping with its star-coveredcountry, De Guiche, still excited by the great events of the day, returned to his tent, and seated himself upon one of the stools with so profound an expression of distress that Bragelonne kept his eyes fixed upon hih, and then he approached hi his shoulders against the partition of the tent, and re chest and restless li?” asked Raoul
”Cruelly”
”Bodily, I suppose?”
”Yes; bodily”
”This has indeed been a harassing day,” continued the young ht's rest will probably restore me”
”Shall I leave you?”
”No; I wish to talk to you”
”You shall not speak to me, Guiche, until you have first answered my questions”
”Proceed then”
”You will be frank with ham has been so violent?”
”I suspect”
”Because he is in love with Madame, is it not?”
”One could almost swear to it, to observe hi of the kind”
”It is you who are mistaken, Raoul; I have read his distress in his eyes, in his every gesture and action the whole day”
”You are a poet, my dear count, and find subjects for your h”
”Where it does not exist?”
”Nay, where it does exist”
”Do you not think you are deceiving yourself, Guiche?”
”I am convinced of what I say,” said the count
”Now, infor look upon hihted”
Guiche hesitated for a moment, and then answered, ”Self-love, I suppose”
”Self-love is a pedantic word, Guiche”
”What do you enerally, you are less out of spirits than seeued”
”Listen to ether; we have been on horseback for eighteen hours at a tier, have fallen beneath us, and yet we have laughed at our ht”
”It is annoyance, then”
”What annoyance?”
”That of this evening”
”The ham, do you mean?”
”Of course; is it not vexations for us, the representatives of our sovereign lishman to our future doer is to be apprehended froham”
”No; still he is intrusive Did he not, on his arrival here, allish and ourselves; and, had it not been for you, for your adular decision of character, swords would have been drawn in the very streets of the town”
”You observe, however, that he has changed his tactics”
”Yes, certainly; but this is the very thing that amazes me so much You spoke to him in a low tone of voice, what did you say to him? You think he loves her; you adive way readily He does not love her, then!” De Guiche pronounced the latter with so marked an expression that Raoul raised his head The noble character of the young man's countenance expressed a displeasure which could easily be read
”What I said to him, count,” replied Raoul, ”I will repeat to you Listen to s, and most injurious desire, the sister of your prince,-her to who to you; you are outraging those who, like ourselves, have co lady to escort her to her husband'”