Belle-Rose — page 258: what you’re looking at

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AN ENGLISH HUSBAND. 247 you inform him of it. JI am going to prepare the rations.’ Déroute embraced Belle-Rose, to whom he said that he was going to Paris to learn how their affairs were getting along, and left the same evening upon the boat of a fisher- man, who, through national animosity, was going to take his fish upon the coast of France. While throwing his nets into the sea, he could easily throw Déroute upon the shore. One evening, about ten o’cloek, while Cornelius Hard Belle-Rose.were talking in Claudine’s presence, they heard in the street a great clashing of swords and broken Cries. Cornelius grabbed his sword and ran to the door. Belle- Rose did likewise. _ Kh! Jacques, what are you doing!’’ exclaimed Claudine; ‘‘your wound is not yet closed.’’ ‘‘Is that a reason for letting people be assassinated?’’ re- plied Belle-Rose, and he descended the stair-way close behind Cornelius. | The street was obscure, it was an out-of-the-way place where there were great walls inclosing vast gardens. Just as the two friends opened the door they heard calls for aid. ‘Tt is a Frenchman!”’ said Belle- Rose, and he ran toward the place from which the cries came. At the end of the thirty steps, Cornelius and he found themselves before three or four men who were attacking another driven into the corner of an old wall. The man attacked made a buckler of his cloak rolled around his left arm and answered by rapid thrusts all those which were directed against him. T’hough he showed himself skillful and determined, the combat carried on in this manner could not last long. Belle-Rose and Cornelius, with swords raised, fell upon the assailants, who, seeing themselves surprised, first resisted and afterward took to flight; one of them, struck by Belle-Rose, tottered a few steps and fell upon his knees. His comrades retraced their steps, seized him,‘and carried him away. As Belle-Rose and Cor- nelius were making ready to pursue them, the stranger stopped them. . ‘Stop,’ he said to them, “‘I know those brave men.’’ Cornelius and Belle-Rose, thoroughly astonished, looked at the stranger. ““Oh!’’ he continued, ‘‘it is a little quarrel which we have — had together; I will relate it to you, if you will kindly add to your valiant intervention the present of a glass of water. — GOMmiGboo cs) (E()