12/33 Say it is a whim of mine, a fad, a caprice. Only understand that Madame de Pavannes stays. And--" he added this, as a sudden thought seemed to strike him, "though I would not willingly use compulsion to a lady, I think Madame d'O had better come too." "You speak masterfully," the priest said with a sneer, forgetting the tone he had himself used a few minutes before to Mirepoix. I have forty horsemen over the way," was the dry answer. |