I am going to the house--you will remember this--of Marshal Tavannes, who will be responsible for my person; in the mean time this gentleman will remain under strict guard in the south chamber upstairs.
You will treat him as a hostage, with all respect, and will allow him to preserve his _incognito_.

But if I do not return by noon to-morrow, you will deliver him to the men below, who will know how to deal with him." Count Hannibal made no attempt to interrupt him, nor did he betray the discomfiture which he undoubtedly felt.

But as the Grand Master paused-- "M.

de Biron," he said, in a voice harsh and low, "you will answer to me for this!" And his eyes glittered through the slits in the mask.
"Possibly, but not to-day or to-morrow!" Biron replied, shrugging his shoulders contemptuously.

"Peridol! see the gentleman bestowed as I have ordered, and then return to me.