[Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman]@TWC D-Link bookUnder the Red Robe CHAPTER I 38/43
Well, I will trust you.
I will give you one more chance--though it is a desperate one.
Woe to you if you fail me! Do you know Cocheforet in Bearn? It is not far from Auch.' 'No, your Eminence.' 'Nor M.de Cocheforet ?' 'No, your Eminence.' 'So much the better,' he replied.
'But you have heard of him.
He has been engaged in every Gascon plot since the late King's death, and gave more trouble last year in the Vivarais than any man twice his years. At present he is at Bosost in Spain, with other refugees, but I have learned that at frequent intervals he visits his wife at Cocheforet which is six leagues within the border.
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