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THE REMOVAL.
Chauvelin no longer made any pretence to hold Armand by the arm.

By temperament as well as by profession a spy, there was one subject at least which he had mastered thoroughly: that was the study of human nature.

Though occasionally an exceptionally complex mental organisation baffled him--as in the case of Sir Percy Blakeney--he prided himself, and justly, too, on reading natures like that of Armand St.Just as he would an open book.
The excitable disposition of the Latin races he knew out and out; he knew exactly how far a sentimental situation would lead a young Frenchman like Armand, who was by disposition chivalrous, and by temperament essentially passionate.

Above all things, he knew when and how far he could trust a man to do either a sublime action or an essentially foolish one.
Therefore he walked along contentedly now, not even looking back to see whether St.Just was following him.