Now, with your back safely turned on it, you think all for the best." "We did our best," the minister answered humbly.

"From the day we met in Paris we have been but instruments." "To save Angers ?" "To save a remnant." On a sudden the Countess raised her hand.

"Do you not hear horses, Monsieur ?" she cried.

She had been listening to the noises of the night, and had paid little heed to what the two were saying.
"One of ours moved," Tignonville answered listlessly.

"Why do you not lie down, Madame ?" Instead of answering, "Whither is he going ?" she asked.