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Saint Bartholomew’s Eve

CHAPTER 12: An Escape From Prison
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I did not know the gentleman you were walking with, but I recognized the two in front of you as the officers of the troop that had questioned us, near Bazas.

One of them was talking angrily to the other.

As it seemed to me that you were going willingly, and not as a prisoner; and especially as you were going out of the town, I thought that it was my business to wait until you returned.
"I saw, half an hour, later some horsemen coming up the street, and someone said that it was the governor, who had been out with a party.

It gave me a bad turn, when I saw you walking as a prisoner in the middle of them.

I saw you glance at me, but of course made no sign; and I followed until you entered the castle.
"When I was walking away, I saw a crowd.


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