The Red Cockade
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Weyman Stanley John. The Red Cockade
CHAPTER I. THE MARQUIS DE ST. ALAIS
CHAPTER II. THE ORDEAL
CHAPTER III. IN THE ASSEMBLY
CHAPTER IV. L'AMI DU PEUPLE
CHAPTER V. THE DEPUTATION
CHAPTER VI. A MEETING IN THE ROAD
CHAPTER VII. THE ALARM
CHAPTER VIII. GARGOUF
CHAPTER IX. THE TRICOLOUR
CHAPTER X. THE MORNING AFTER THE STORM
CHAPTER XI. THE TWO CAMPS
CHAPTER XII. THE DUEL
CHAPTER XIII. A LA LANTERNE
CHAPTER XIV. IT GOES ILL
CHAPTER XV. AT MILHAU
CHAPTER XVI. THREE IN A CARRIAGE
CHAPTER XVII. FROMENT OF NÎMES
CHAPTER XVIII. A POOR FIGURE
CHAPTER XIX. AT NÎMES
CHAPTER XX. THE SEARCH
CHAPTER XXI. RIVALS
CHAPTER XXII. NOBLESSE OBLIGE
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CRISIS
CHAPTER XXIV. THE MILLENNIUM
CHAPTER XXV. BEYOND THE SHADOW
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It was wonderful how quickly the room filled-filled with angry faces, so that almost before I knew what had happened, I found a crowd round me, asking what it was; M. de St. Alais foremost. As all spoke at once, and in the background where they could not see, ladies were screaming and chattering, I might have found it difficult to explain. But the shattered window and the great stone on the floor spoke for themselves, and told more quickly than I could what had taken place.
On the instant, with a speed which surprised me, the sight blew into a flame passions already smouldering. A dozen voices cried, "Out on the canaille!" In a moment some one in the background followed this up with "Swords, Messieurs, swords!" Then, in a trice half the gentlemen were elbowing one another towards the door, St. Alais, who burned to avenge the insult offered to his guests, taking the lead. M. de Gontaut and one or two of the elders tried to restrain him, but their remonstrances were in vain, and in a moment the room was almost emptied of men. They poured out into the street, and began to scour it with drawn blades and raised voices. A dozen valets, running out officiously with flambeaux, aided in the search; for a few minutes the street, as we who remained viewed it from the windows, seemed to be alive with moving lights and figures.
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"What is that, impertinent?" I cried.
"To bury another master."
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