[Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman]@TWC D-Link book
Under the Red Robe

CHAPTER XV
16/21

You have seen him ?' she continued eagerly and in another tone, while her eyes grew on a sudden large with fear.
'Yes, Mademoiselle,' I said.

'I have seen him, and it is true, He has given me my life.' 'And-- ?' 'And sent me into imprisonment.' 'For how long ?' she whispered.
'I do not know,' I answered.

'I fear during the King's pleasure.' She shuddered.
'I may have done more harm than good,' she murmured, looking at me piteously.

'But I did it for the best.

I told him all, and perhaps I did harm.' But to hear her accuse herself thus, when she had made this long and lonely journey to save me, when she had forced herself into her enemy's presence, and had, as I was sure she had, abased herself for me, was more than I could bear.
'Hush, Mademoiselle, hush!' I said, almost roughly.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books