13/15 "I come to her from her cousin the Comte de Tavannes. Open to me!" "Monsieur is alone ?" "Yes! Yes!" The man nodded gravely and slid back the bolts. He allowed M.de Tignonville to enter, then with care he secured the door, and led the way across a small square court, paved with red tiles and enclosed by the house, but open above to the sunshine and the blue sky. A gallery which ran round the upper floor looked on this court, in which a great quiet reigned, broken only by the music of a fountain. |