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294 A NEST IN A CONVENT. and eldest brother of the Comte de Pomereux upon the battle-field of Rocroi; the brother had been killed in Flan- ders, fighting under him. He gave a cordial welcome to him who came to sit down in the shadow of his name. — Monsieur de Pomereux could at once regard himself as an otficer of his household. When Monsieur de Charny had informed Monsieur de Louvois of the events of the night, the minister leaped in his chair. He had him repeat the details of this flight, and Monsieur de Charny omitted no circumstance of it. Monsieur de Louvois had sat down again and was listening to him with keen attention. This apparent calm in such a violent nature, announced a deep resentment. After he had finished, Monsieur de Louvois arose. ‘“You know,’’ said he, ‘‘His Majesty’s disposition. The king does not trifle in matters of religion. All that which concerns the things of the church is sacred to him. If you had penetrated the sanctuary of the abbey, I would have been constrained to disown you, and perhaps he would never have pardoned me this violence. We must wait.’’ Monsieur de Charny fixed his piercing look upon the minister. ‘To wait is not to forget,’’ continued Monsieur de Lou- vois. ‘“‘Let it be in a month or a year, sooner or later, Belle-Rose and Madame d’Albergotti will leave the Abbey of St. Claire d’Ennery; fortune has aided them too olten not to betray them some day. That day will be ours.’ “We will wait,’’ said Monsieur de Charny, with a sinister smile. ‘“Kind out what they are doing and what they wish to do. If either or both of them try to quit the abbey, place no obstacle in their way, but watch for their departure. Too much precaution would frighten them and give to Madame de Chateaufort and Monsieur de Luxembourg the time to act for them. They must be imprudent. You understand me?”’ se ses ‘'Perfectly.”’ : ‘“We have been tricked twice; it 1s twice too many times; Belle-Rose has escaped from the Bastile, Madame d’Albergotti has fled from the convent, they are now -“united——’’ | ‘One victory will avenge two defeats.’ ‘‘As to Monsieur de Pomereux, I a show him that ~ chivalry is out of date.’”’ ‘‘I believe that he was wounded, monseigneur, 4 said Monsieur de Charny, with an air of commiseration, ”” Gomicbooks.com — “ f