5/16 M.de St.Auban spoke to you, I believe, of an officer who is coming hither charged with your arrest. It is probable that he may reach Blois before morning, so that the Marquis thinks that to make certain you might consent to meet him to-night." "Ma foi. St.Auban is indeed in earnest then! Convey to him my expressions of admiration at this suddenly awakened courage. Be good enough, Vicomte, to name the rendezvous." "Do you know the chapel of St.Sulpice des Reaux ?" "What! Beyond the Loire ?" "Precisely, Monsieur. About a league from Chambord by the river side." "I can find the place." "Will you meet us there at nine o'clock to-night ?" I looked askance at him. |