Stanley J. Weyman

Name: Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2
Author: Stanley J. Weyman

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“Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2”, published in 1895, is a work by Stanley J. Weyman. It explores elements such as landlord, Auch and inn.

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ It was a warm night, and she wore nothing over her white dress. I could see her tall, shapely figure and shining eyes, and the firm contour of her beautiful face; which, if any fault might be found with it, erred in being too regular. She looked like a woman formed by nature to meet dangers and difficulties; and even here, at midnight, in the midst of these desperate men, she seemed in place. It was possible that under her queenly exterior, and behind the contemptuous laugh with which she heard the landlord’s story, there lurked a woman’s soul capable of folly and tenderness. ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ The slightest hint of my mission, the faintest breath of distrust, would lead to throat-cutting—and the throat would be mine; while the longer I lay in the village, the greater suspicion I should incur, and the closer would be the watch kept upon me.
In such a position some men might have given up the attempt in despair, and saved themselves across the border. But I have always valued myself on my fidelity, and I did not shrink. ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ The landlord, now become almost talkative, was not slow to take up this challenge; and it presently led to my acquiring a curious piece of knowledge. He was boasting of his great snow mountains, the forests that propped them, the bears that roamed in them, the izards that loved the ice, and the boars that fed on the oak mast.
‘Well,’ I said, quite by chance, ‘we have not these things, it is true. But we have things in the north you have not. We have tens of thousands of good horses—not such ponies as you breed here. At the horse fair at Fécamp my sorrel would be lost in the crowd. ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ Three paces through the darkness took us to the stable, an offset at the back of the inn. My man twirled the pin, and, leading the way in, raised his lanthorn. A horse whinnied softly, and turned its bright, soft eyes on us—a baldfaced chestnut, with white hairs in its tail and one white stocking. ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ AT THE GREEN PILLAR. Cocheforêt lies in a billowy land of oak and beech and chestnuts—a land of deep, leafy bottoms and hills clothed with forest. Ridge and valley, glen and knoll, the woodland, sparsely peopled and more sparsely tilled, stretches away to the great snow mountains that here limit France. It swarms with game—with wolves and bears, deer and boars. To the end of his life I have heard that the great king loved this district, and would sigh, when years and State fell heavily on him, for the beech groves and box-covered hills of South Béarn. ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ When a man is young he seeks solitude: when he is middle-aged he flies it and his thoughts. I made therefore for the ‘Green Pillar,’ a little inn in the village street, to which I had been directed at Auch, and, thundering on the door with the knob of my riding-switch, railed at the man for keeping me waiting.
I made without ado, therefore, for the green pillar, a little inn in the village street ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ The dice do not always turn up aces. Bracing myself, therefore, to the occasion, I crept, as soon as the house was quiet, to the window, a small, square, open lattice, much cobwebbed, and partly stuffed with hay. I looked out. The village seemed to be asleep. ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ It was clear that, to succeed, I must obtain admission to the house. This was garrisoned, unless my instructions erred, by two or three old men-servants only, and as many women; since Madame, to disguise her husband’s visits the more easily, lived, and gave out that she lived in great retirement. To seize her husband at home, therefore, might be no impossible task; though here, in the heart of the village, a troop of horse might make the attempt, and fail. ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ On the terrace, pressed upon on three sides by thick woods, stood a grey mansion, with the corner tourelles, steep, high roofs, and round balconies, that men loved and built in the days of the first Francis. ”

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Stanley J. Weyman, Under the Red Robe — Chapter 2 (1895)

“ The whole valley, it would seem, was on the lookout to protect my man!
I had purposely brought with me from Auch a couple of bottles of choice Armagnac; and these had been carried into the house with my saddle-bags. I took one out now and opened it and carelessly offered a dram of the spirit to the landlord. He took it. As he drank it, I saw his face flush; he handed back the cup reluctantly, and on that hint I offered him another, The strong spirit was already beginning to work. ”

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