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I heard him through patiently enough; yet when he stopped, my pent-up
feelings burst all bonds, and I resolved there and then to go in quest of
that Judas, St. Auban, and make an end of his plotting, for all time. But
Montr?sor restrained me, showing me how futile such a course must prove,
and how I risked losing all chance of aiding those at Canaples.
He was right. First I must warn the Chevalier--afterwards I would deal
with St. Auban.
Someone knocked at that moment, and with the entrance of Michelot, my talk
with Montr?sor came perforce to an end. For Michelot brought me the news
that for days I had been awaiting; Madame de Chevreuse had returned to
Paris at last.
But for Montr?sor's remonstrances it is likely that I should have set out
forthwith to wait upon her. I permitted myself, however, to be persuaded
that the lateness of the hour would render my visit unwelcome, and so I
determined in the end--albeit grudgingly--to put off my departure for Blois
until the morrow.
Noon had but struck from N?tre Dame, next day, as I mounted the steps of
the H?tel de Luynes.
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