A Gentleman from Gascony: A Romance of the Huguenots — page 57: what you’re looking at

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BORROWED PLUMES. . 53 “Pardon the intrusion, Monsieur le Chevalier,” she began, “but I thought perhaps monsieur might have awakened and might need some refreshment.”’ “Indeed you are too good, madame,” returned Raoul, politely, “or is it mademoiselle?” , “Oh, madame,” answered Rose, with a little moue which said as plainly as words could have done: worse luck! “T envy your husband.” “Oh, monsieur! Is monsieur refreshed?” “Entirely recovered, my good madame.” “Then, if monsieur will follow me.” Obediently Raoul followed his pretty conductress as she tripped along the hall and into the principal room of the cabaret, which served at once for dining-room, café, and pawnshop. There were only two or three guests in the spacious apartment, and Rose led the way to a table neatly spread with a white cloth, in an embra- sure of a window looking out on the Place Royale. She served him with her own hands, and, as she did so, chatted away gayly and unreservedly, telling him of her neighbors, her business, and her husband absent on service of the king. : “And your good husband, Monsieur Goujon,” began Raoul. “Sergeant,” corrected Rose, “sergeant in the king’s musketeers.” “I beg his pardon, Sergeant Goujon. Do you expect him to return soon?” “No, no, not for sometime. The saints be praised!” she added under her breath. The chevalier laughed. “T should be delighted to see him,” he said, “ and to tell him all that I owe you.” GComicbooks (C@)