[Count Hannibal by Stanley J. Weyman]@TWC D-Link bookCount Hannibal CHAPTER XXIII 15/23
And do you, Perrot, tell Monsieur. Perrot here, as God wills it," he added, with the faint smile which did not escape the minister's eye, "married his wife from the great inn at La Fleche, and he knows the place." "None better," the man growled.
He was a sullen, brooding knave, whose eyes when he looked up surprised by their savage fire. La Tribe shook his head.
"I know it, too," he said.
"'Tis strong as a fortress, with a walled court, and all the windows look inwards.
The gates are closed an hour after sunset, no matter who is without.
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