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THE VICOMTESSE DE CAMBES.VIII

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ded him a note and a key which had been brought to the fortress during the night by a st

handwriting of Madame de Cambes, and h

t the lette

cer of the king, you run no other risk than that of being made prisoner; but Mademoiselle de Lartigues is in a very different situation, and the hatred which is entertained for h

Cambes, my late husband, presented it to the king,-you will find a door to which this is the key. It is one of the entrances to an extensive underground passage which passe

for her safety

eu. We a

MTESSE DE

ch he could not fathom, enveloped him, and directed his actions. Might not this same underground passage, from his bedroom to the Chateau de Ca

or's expressive features, the em

commandant?

we are to be attac

e had given them a sufficient dressing-down, and were

the strictest watchfulness

robably they will try to sur

same precautions that we took before. Finish my round of inspec

indifference to danger often exhibited by those whose p

precaution not to be seen by Nanon; and having

f the lords of Cambes, upon a tapestry

k of a door. With the aid of the key which accompanied the viscountess's letter, he open

ith the sweat pouring from his brow. This mysterious opening

ndle and prepar

rs, then kept on down a gentler slope

use he could not think to what cause to attribute it; but as he went f

her, but the crevices had evidently been detected in time and filled with a sort o

ing ceased, to be succeeded by perfect silence; and after walking a hundred feet or more in the silence, Canolles reached a staircase similar to the one by which he had

es; "she will await Nanon at th

staircase, re-entered his room, replaced the gold band,

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