The Forty-Five Guardsmen

t was night and he was doubtless in a hurry, he had gone some little way and Samuel was obliged to call

want, my frie

a little business with

u in a

es

at I bring you, you wi

t is

of which the work-bu

am also lo

hy

that it is forbid

ance, and said, "I know nothing; I ha

ing; but how did you kn

oor of 'The Bra

too public here. Now, let me see this

s so

d and out

rk of

ive you s

d you gave ten just n

or n

k at the

he chasing, when

alone is wort

ill give y

ing; you go against the law and then endeavor to

am not

take ten crow

Ah! you want to escape; I will call

a window oppos

I must give you what you want. H

"only these are for my master

half drew

d Samuel; "but I also see the figu

whole scene. "Oh!" said he, affecting to laugh; "you get all you want out of

riend," said Samue

wares and was also going, when t

nsieur, that

the unlucky dealer; "t

e that s

respect,

old things that I

much as I

e show the

ss; I have n

ve you credit; you loo

; but I ca

how I seem

ied the deale

said the bourgeois, sho

know me?" ask

he seemed seeking for the n

r looked

, ironmonger, Rue

he man, breathing

buy all my armor, cu

forbidden

u dealt with just now ca

hea

ut be easy, I will not be hard upo

did yo

made my fortune."-

you buy al

y want the

nly buy c

es

and sell by weight, one sort

, but I have

uirass, or rather-now I thi

do you

ese times every on

n perfec

sses, and so secretly, too. But really, the longer I look at you, the more I

len

ou buy cu

el

s for a work ag

your t

stretching out a long arm over the balc

u?" cried he, who felt his

the friend of the Union, and a fierce Catholic;

o! goo

are you

and he

an to be foiled; he jumped fro

is in the next street; but you are my friend, and now I know your name. You are Nich

!" murmure

ou have found a brother. Take one cuirass, and I will take another; I give y

ccompa

cuirasses which are to conquer t

ut he thought; "If he wished me ill, he would not have acknowl

ued to talk in this strain till they arrived nea

ould be here,"

c air, "there is still time to ret

medulla mea!" exclaimed Briquet; "but pard

?"-"As

to the door of the hotel. The court was full of guards and men wrapped in cloaks, and eight horses, saddled and bridled, waited in a c

n, handing the cuirasses to a soldier. "N

en I have done some work

ere for me."-"What are we w

ster," repl

entered. "Gentlemen," sai

de Mayneville,

, making a hideous grimace

ircase leading to a vault. All the others followed, and Briquet broug