[The Eagle of the Empire by Cyrus Townsend Brady]@TWC D-Link bookThe Eagle of the Empire CHAPTER VIII 10/13
You are the only witnesses.
I could make way with you all." "You forget the Countess and the English gentleman." "Although the Countess is the enemy of France----" "Nay, nay, the friend," interposed the girl. "Be it so.
Although she is the enemy of the Emperor then, I cannot believe that she could condemn to death by her testimony the man who has saved her from worse than death, and as for the English gentleman----" "Damme if I'd say a word to hurt you, if only for what you have done for her, whether you release me or not," cried Yeovil. "You see ?" "Monsieur Jean," said the Countess, "you put me under great obligations to you." "By saving your life, your honor, mademoiselle! I gladly----" "By giving me your confidence," interrupted the girl, who in her secret heart was delighted at the stand the young officer had taken.
She would have despised him if he had succumbed to the temptation of which she herself was part. "I could do no less, mademoiselle," returned Marteau.
"I and my forbears have served your house and known it and loved it for eight hundred years." "I know it," answered the girl.
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