I took advantage of the occasion to read him a sermon on the end of crooked courses; nor could I myself recall without a shudder the man's last words to me; or the lawless and evil designs in which he had rejoiced, while standing on the very brink of the pit which was to swallow up both him and them in everlasting darkness.
Naturally, the uppermost feeling in my mind was relief.

I was free once more.

In all probability the priest had kept his knowledge to himself, and without him his agents would be powerless.

Simon, it is true, heard that the town was much excited by the event; and that many attributed it to the Huguenots.

But we did not suffer ourselves to be depressed by this, nor had I any foreboding until the sound of a second hurried footstep mounting the stairs reached our ears.
I knew the step in a moment for M.d'Agen's, and something ominous in its ring brought me to my feet before he opened the door.