Belle Rose: A Romance of the Cloak and Sword — page 194: what you’re looking at

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180 A CITY WON. ‘A friend whose name I shall cause to be blessed by the lips of a child,’’ replied Belle-Rose. Genevieve’s countenance shone with a pure joy. ‘That is a sentiment which I shall carry away in my heart,’’ said she, ‘‘and which will console me when I am alone. Adieu, my friend; may you find some day the hap- ‘piness which I should have wished to give you! Itisa new life which Iam beginning, and I begin it with repent- ance. ’’ Belle-Rose held Genevieve to his heart for some minutes, then feeling himself being overcome by tears, he snatched himself from her arms and rushed out of the apartment. A moment later he was riding toward Charleroi, accom- panied by Pierre. Two days after this occurrence the camp was raised, and on June 4th the army set siege to Tournay. Claudine and Suzanne had remained at Charleroi, Monsieur d’ Albergotti having just fallen sick. His great age, the fatigues of war, his wounds, all inspired grave inquietude concerning his condition. In the midst of a city filled with soldiers it was to be feared that the old officer might not receive all the care which his situation called for: it was decided that he should be taken to Paris bv easy stages; there at least he would have all the aid that science could give him. Madame de Chateaufort withdrew to the city of Arras, where since his disgrace the duke had received orders to reside, the husband having asked his wife to aid him by her presence at the time of the official receptions and entertainments. Pierre, attached to the company in which Belle-Rose served, had followed the army to Tournay. The operations of the siege were actively begun and the place was invested on the same day. The efforts of the artillery were turned against a fort which commanded the place on the south side. The besieged answered by a well main- tained fire the attacks of the French Army, and sought to trouble its operations by frequent sorties. But the presence of the king increased the ardor of the troops, and the time was not far distant when the city would be forced to. sound a parley. To hasten this moment, it was determined to undermine a bastion, the fall of which, by opening the rampart, would constrain the Governor of Tournay to come to terms. It was an expedition in which there were great dangers to run, and which called for determined men, Belle-Rose, who was seeking an occasion to distinguish himself, readily volunteered. ‘*It is well,’’ Monsieur de Naucrais said to him; ‘‘choose =} (oy ow (E(0) (eo) et i as . ° wi