[Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman]@TWC D-Link bookUnder the Red Robe CHAPTER X 17/40
I saw that he was telling the truth. 'Is he going to take you to M.de Cocheforet's hiding-place ?' 'Yes, he is!' the Captain retorted.
'Have you any objection to that, Master Spy ?' 'None,' I replied.
'Only I shall go with you.
And if you live three months, I shall kill you for that name-behind the barracks at Auch, M. le Capitaine.' He changed colour, but he answered me boldly enough. 'I don't know that you will go with us,' he said, with a snarl.
'That is as we please.' 'I have the Cardinal's orders,' I said sternly. 'The Cardinal ?' he exclaimed, stung to fury by this repetition of the name.
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