'
'Steady, steady!' I said, sobered. I saw that he was telling
the truth. 'Is he going to take you to M. de Cocheforet's
hiding-place?'
'Yes, he is!' the Captain retorted. 'Have you any objection to
that, Master Spy?'
'None,' I replied. 'Only I shall go with you. And if you live
three months, I shall kill you for that name-behind the barracks
at Auch, M. le Capitaine.'
He changed colour, but he answered me boldly enough.
'I don't know that you will go with us,' he said, with a snarl.
'That is as we please.'
'I have the Cardinal's orders,' I said sternly.
'The Cardinal?' he exclaimed, stung to fury by this repetition
of the name. 'The Cardinal be--'
But the Lieutenant laid his hand on his lips and stopped him.
'Hush!' he said. Then more quietly, 'Your pardon, M. le
Capitaine; but the least said the soonest mended. Shall I give
orders to the men to fall in?'
The Captain nodded sullenly.
The Lieutenant turned to his prisoner.
'Take him down!' he commanded in his harsh, monotonous voice.
'Throw his blouse over him, and tie his hands. And do you two,
Paul and Lebrun, guard him.
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