Belle Rose: A Romance of the Cloak and Sword — page 243: what you’re looking at

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A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE. 227 you are wrong, and your refusal exposes you to a danger which you did not expect.”’ ‘‘What is it, monsieur?’”’ “That of seeing me fall in love with you.” Suzanne shrugged her shoulders. ““Eh! madame, you need not ridicale the idea. If you had married me, you would perhaps have escaped this peril, but you are not sure of avoiding it now.”’ “If it is a peril, acknowledge at least that Monsieur de Louvois will take care to place me where it cannot reach me. 39 *‘And that is what vexes me. Prison for prison, in your place, I should have preferred marriage. It is a Bastile from which one sometimes escapes.”’ Suzanne stopped Monsieur de Pomereux with a gesture. **So be it,”’ said he. ““You are now between my cousin’s claws; but it shall not be said that I attempted nothing for your deliverance; the thing interests me a little now, and I shall put everything to work to set you free again.”’ An hour later Monsieur de Louvois called for Monsieur de Pomereux. ““Well,”’ he said to him, as soon as he perceived him, ““*have we made the citadel capitulate?” “*Eh! parbleu! one is almost sure of triumphing over a Woman, and you send me to a phenomenon. ‘Pon my word, Heloise, of faithful memory, is not worthy, in my opinion, to lace Madame d’Alberzgotti’s corset.” “In short she prefers the prison or the cloister to your : ’ ee “You see how humiliated Iam byit. Itis a very bad Bs example for the court, and you cannot imprison her too “I will take care of that,” replied Monsieur de Louvois, _ Writing some words upon a paper. _ Monsieur de Louvois’ accent as he said this made Mon- _ moved. He threw a look of pity toward the door of the ae: _ Immediately after Monsieur de Louvois had a moment’s oe ee * ; . _ ij -, ae PY "