Duke's Motto:
The Duke's Motto: A Melodrama
作者：McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly), 1860-1936
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章节目录
共 223 题- THE DUKE'S MOTTO
- A MELODRAMA
- HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y.
- DÉDICACE
- A VICTORIEN SARDOU
- MAÎTRE,
- XIV-I.-MCMVIII.
- CONTENTS
- THE SEVEN DEVILS
- II
- THE THRUST OF NEVERS
- Passepoil commented again: "The best swordsman in Europe."
- Æsop yawned. "I should like to meet your Lagardere."
- III
- A BUYER OF BLADES
- Peyrolles began to explain. "Wait in the moat to-night at ten o'clock."
- Again Peyrolles retorted: "That does not concern you."
- Staupitz answered: "Three hundred pistoles."
- IV
- THE LITTLE PARISIAN
- Staupitz saluted Lagardere very respectfully as he answered: "At Lyons."
- Staupitz made an apologetic gesture. "Only once in twelve times."
- Cocardasse continued: "In twelve you were our master."
- Passepoil questioned again: "What became of your bully?"
- Cocardasse clapped his hands. "Well begun, little Parisian."
- Cocardasse nodded. "One of the best swords in Paris."
- Lagardere resumed: "Well, the late baron--"
- Passepoil interrupted: "The late baron?"
- Cocardasse grinned. "The devil you did!"
- Cocardasse sighed. "There is no encouragement for virtue nowadays."
- He paused, and Cocardasse questioned: "But you don't laugh now?"
- THE PARRY TO THE THRUST OF NEVERS
- Cocardasse interrupted: "What time?"
- Lagardere frowned. "No, thank you. I do my own fighting."
- Lagardere raised his eyebrows. "Indeed, and that some one?"
- Cocardasse protested: "Come, captain, come."
- Æsop commented, sneeringly: "Lagardere is not immortal."
- Passepoil interrupted, concluding: "It mattered little who did the job."
- VI
- THE MOAT OF CAYLUS
- Lagardere interrupted, bluffly: "Say no more. I'm your man."
- VII
- BROTHERS-IN-ARMS
- Nevers echoed him, astonished: "My daughter, in your arms?"
- Nevers gave a gasp of surprise. "What has happened?"
- Nevers gave a groan. "This is the hate of the Marquis de Caylus."
- Nevers gave an angry cry: "Too late!"
- The boy answered him, decisively: "They shall be."
- Nevers looked at him in astonishment. "Do you stand by me?"
- VIII
- THE FIGHT IN THE MOAT
- Nevers said, quietly: "Here come the swords."
- And Nevers answered, quietly: "A scratch on the forehead."
- Nevers responded joyously, "I am here! Victory!"
- IX
- THE SCYTHE OF TIME
- A VILLAGE FAIR
- XI
- ÆSOP REDUX
- He advanced and questioned his guest obsequiously: "Your honor wants--"
- Peyrolles waved his yellow fingers in polite refusal. "I thank you. No."
- Peyrolles laughed feebly. "Love, I suppose."
- Æsop slapped the table till the glasses rang. "I'll talk as I please."
- Peyrolles nodded. "That is understood."
- XII
- FLORA
- He paused for a moment. Æsop spurred him on: "Well, go on, go on."
- Again he paused, and Æsop interpolated: "Left her in peace."
- Æsop shivered. "Cheerful spouse."
- Æsop was persistent: "What is the real reason?"
- Peyrolles smiled sourly. "Let me see your little gypsy."
- Peyrolles approved. "You are hearing the voice of Nature--excellent."
- Flora questioned, cunningly: "How can he recognize a child of one?"
- Flora clapped her hands. "I hope he will."
- Flora pouted and pleaded: "Don't be long. I'm tired of being in there."
- XIII
- CONFIDENCES
- Flora called back to her: "Come down to me, Gabrielle."
- Gabrielle smiled and consented. "I will come for a moment."
- Flora stared at her wild-eyed. "Who are your enemies?"
- Gabrielle sighed again: "Henri only thinks of me as a child."
- Gabrielle looked pained. "Am I so immodest a minion?"
- Flora protested: "No, no. But your eyes are traitors and tell me tales."
- Flora mocked him: "Perhaps we do not want to talk to you."
- Flora looked at him quizzically. "Why should I stay, pretty gentleman?"
- Flora was curious. "Why do you want to know?"
- XIV
- Passepoil nodded. "Truly. What red star guides you to Paris?"
- Cocardasse dropped his voice to a whisper. "I had a letter."
- Passepoil whispered in reply: "So had I."
- Passepoil nodded again. "So did mine."
- Passepoil noted a point of difference: "Mine was on the Bank of Calais."
- Passepoil sighed significantly. "There aren't many."
- Cocardasse continued: "Faenza was killed at Burgos."
- Passepoil went on: "Saldagno at Toledo."
- Cocardasse took up the tale: "Pinto at Valladolid."
- Passepoil concluded the catalogue: "Joel at Grenada, Pepe at Cordova."
- Passepoil added, lugubriously: "The thrust between the eyes."
- Cocardasse summed up, significantly: "The thrust of Nevers."
- Passepoil was more precise. "Cocardasse and myself and Æsop."
- Cocardasse shuddered. "It's no laughing matter."
- XV
- THE KING'S WORD
- The king frowned slightly. "What privilege?"
- The king agreed. "He shall have it."
- The king agreed a third time. "Lagardere has my word."
- XVI
- SHADOWS
- Lagardere protested: "Ah, but without me."
- Lagardere again commanded Gabrielle: "Go in, child, at once."
- Lagardere looked at him ponderingly. "The thought amuses you."
- XVII
- IN THE GARDEN
- The girl nodded. "Yes," she said, "he seemed evil, he seemed dangerous."
- XVIII
- THE FACTION OF GONZAGUE
- Chavernay looked at Gonzague. "I congratulate you on your new friends."
- XIX
- THE HALL OF THE THREE LOUIS
- Gonzague made a faint grimace. "Let them wait there."
- Gonzague smiled paternally. "Are you afraid of me?"
- Flora gave a little gasp, and questioned: "Is my father dead?"
- Gonzague's face lightened. "Your mother lives."
- Flora questioned again, this time very timorously: "Will she love me?"
- Flora shook her head. "Oh no. She was French."
- XX
- A CONFIDENTIAL AGENT
- Gonzague turned upon him sharply. "Who is it?"
- Peyrolles introduced him. "This is the man, monseigneur."
- Gonzague addressed him. "You know much, they tell me?"
- The man answered, with laconic confidence: "I will find out."
- The hunchback answered, slowly: "Whenever you want me, I am here."
- Cocardasse whistled. "The devil you did!"
- The hunchback coolly continued: "We fought, and I killed him."
- Lagardere dismissed them. "Then, farewell, old friends, till to-night."
- XXI
- THE PRINCESS DE GONZAGUE
- XXII
- THE FAMILY COUNCIL
- Now Gonzague questioned her directly: "And you believed the accusation?"
- The princess inclined her head: "I believed it."
- The princess prayed silently: "Oh, Heaven help me! Heaven inspire me!"
- Gonzague started. "Lagardere?"
- Æsop nodded. "Lagardere, whom I will give into your hands if you wish."
- XXIII
- THE KING'S BALL
- Æsop detained him. "Don't leave me; I am good company."
- Æsop still restrained him. "You can do me a favor."
- Breant frowned at him. "You know much, Master Æsop."
- Navailles protested: "You are joking!"
- Oriol stared at him. "You know?"
- Nocé gave vent to an angry laugh. "The hunchback knows."
- Oriol thirsted for information. "What is it for, then?"
- Albret interrupted them. "Here comes his majesty."
- Oriol elevated his fat palms. "Wonders will never cease!"
- XXIV
- THE ROSE-COLORED DOMINO
- And as gravely the princess answered: "Lagardere."
- Peyrolles bowed. "I will do my best, monseigneur."
- Chavernay answered, coolly: "I do not know."
- Nocé spoke for himself and his comrades: "We are."
- Cidalise nodded. "Perfectly. And if I do this?"
- Peyrolles bent to her ear and whispered: "From Lagardere."
- Gabrielle gave a cry. "Ah! Where is he?"
- Cocardasse groaned. "What will Lagardere say?"
- XXV
- THE GLOVE OF COCARDASSE
- Gonzague muttered to himself: "Now for the death-struggle."
- And Lagardere answered: "I am Henri de Lagardere."
- Lagardere answered, firmly: "I mean to speak."
- The princess turned to him. "Will you give me back my daughter?"
- Lagardere made her a bow. "In a few moments she will be in your arms."
- The king also questioned: "Why is she not with you?"
- The princess clasped her hands. "My God, sire, it is true."
- Lagardere replied, composedly: "She is to be here at midnight."
- The princess clasped her hands as she cried: "My child! My child!"
- Gonzague protested. "A promise won by a trick does not count."
- The hunchback bowed. "Is your highness content with the night's work?"
- Gonzague caught at his words eagerly. "You promise?"
- Passepoil appealed to him, pathetically: "Can you ever forgive us?"
- Cocardasse gave a grin of appreciation. "Peyrolles it is."
- Peyrolles turned in astonishment. "You do?"
- XXVI
- THE REWARD OF ÆSOP
- Passepoil commented: "That's my mind."
- Lagardere laughed at him, something wistfully. "Not yet."
- Passepoil suggested, timidly: "We live in hopes."
- The hunchback spoke, warmly. "As dead as my hate could wish him."
- The hunchback answered: "I have concealed his body very effectively."
- Gonzague thought he understood now. "True. What is your price?"
- Gonzague smiled slightly. "Of his swordsmanship?"
- Gonzague laughed. "Æsop in love!"
- Gonzague laughed. "Confident wooer. When do you mean to woo?"
- Gonzague spoke: "Friends, I have good news. Lagardere is dead."
- Nocé spoke a short funeral oration: "The scamp has cheated the gallows."
- XXVII
- ÆSOP IN LOVE
- Chavernay shook his head scornfully. "That will never happen."
- Gonzague spoke, imperiously: "Retire, Mademoiselle de Nevers!"
- Flora answered him, steadily: "No, highness, for I believe her."
- Gonzague confirmed her fears: "He is dead."
- Flora gave a cry of indignation. "Are you mad? That monster!"
- Flora fiercely protested: "No, no, no!"
- Taranne nudged Oriol. "She listens."
- Chavernay muttered, angrily: "This must be witch-craft."
- Navailles touched Nocé on the shoulder. "Let the dog have his day."
- Almost Gabrielle smiled. "You have told them the truth."
- Gabrielle said again: "You have told them the truth."
- XXVIII
- THE SIGNATURE OF ÆSOP
- Oriol gave a grin. "Æsop is comic enough."
- The hunchback interrupted him: "Have you signed?"
- With a writhing face Gonzague screamed to his friends: "Charge!"
- And Lagardere answered with a ringing cry: "I am here!"
- XXIX
- THE DEAD SPEAKS
- The king turned to Lagardere. "What do you say to this?"
- Again the king questioned him: "Where are your witnesses?"
- Gonzague, trying hard to recover his composure, raged at him: "Madman!"
- Gonzague laughed. "The dead cannot speak."
- Gonzague turned to the king, protesting: "Sire!"
- THE END
- End of Project Gutenberg's The Duke's Motto, by Justin Huntly McCarthy