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Saint Bartholomew’s Eve

CHAPTER 4: An Experiment
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I think I shall be able to manage him without that.

If I can't, we must part.
"I suppose there is no doubt, Monsieur Bertram, how La Rochelle will go when the troubles begin ?" "I think not.

All preparations are made on our part and, as soon as the news comes that Conde and the Admiral have thrown their flags to the wind, we shall seize the gates, turn out all who oppose us, and declare for the cause.

I do not think it can be much longer delayed.

I sent a trusty servant yesterday to fetch back my daughter; who, as I told you, has been staying with a sister of mine, five or six leagues away.


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