Sulpice des Reaux?"
"What! Beyond the Loire?"
"Precisely, Monsieur. About a league from Chambord by the river side."
"I can find the place."
"Will you meet us there at nine o'clock tonight?"
I looked askance at him.
"But why cross the river? This side affords many likely spots!"
"Very true, Monsieur. But the Marquis has business at Chambord this
evening, after which there will be no reason--indeed, it will inconvenience
him exceedingly--to return to Blois."
"What!" I cried, more and more astonished. "St. Auban is leaving Blois?"
"This evening, sir."
"But, voyons, Vicomte, why make an assignation in such a place and at
night, when at any hour of the day I can meet the Marquis on this side,
without suffering the inconvenience of crossing the river?"
"There will be a bright moon, well up by nine o'clock. Moreover, remember
that you cannot, as you say, meet St. Auban on this side at any time he may
appoint, since to-night or to-morrow the officer who is in search of you
will arrive."
I pondered for a moment. Then:
"M. le Vicomte," I said, "in this matter of ground 't is I who have the
first voice.
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