A Gentleman from Gascony: A Romance of the Huguenots — page 114: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

110 A GENTLEMAN FROM GASCONY. once a friendship was established between the twe, one of those friendships possible only between man and beast in which there is no jealousy, in which no mis- understanding can arise, and which survives undimin- ished through evil report and good report alike. One of Raoul’s first cares was to send to good Madame Goujon a sum which more than repaid her for her kindness, together with a message which pretty Rose valued more than the gold pieces themselves. With a portion of the money left he purchased through Beppa a suitable riding-suit and a brace of pistols. These matters attended to, there was nothing for our young equerry to do save to possess his soul in patience, as best he might, in the haven appointed, until had elapsed the three days exacted by the King of Navarre, — before he was to start on his mission to La Rochelle. KS (<(0 im Comichboo