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Excerpt: ...I am English, on my mother''s I am of noble French blood, being cousin to Francois de Laville, whose mother and mine were daughters of the Count de Moulins. Two dist… More...

Excerpt: ...I am English, on my mother''s I am of noble French blood, being cousin to Francois de Laville, whose mother and mine were daughters of the Count de Moulins. Two distinguished families of Poitou, Monsieur D''Estanges said, courteously. It needed not that, to tell me that you were of good blood. I regret much that this encounter is going to take place. Monsieur Raoul de Fontaine was in the wrong, in so rudely hailing you, and I cannot blame you for taking it up sharply; although, seeing your age and his, and that he is a good swordsman, it might have been more prudent to have overlooked his manner. Unless, indeed, and he smiled, Monsieur Raoul was right, and that you are engaged on some weighty matter here, and preferred to run the risk of getting yourself killed rather than have it inquired into. The Countess of Laville and her son are both staunch Huguenots, and you may well be on business here that you would not care to have investigated. You have not asked my name, sir. It is Charles D''Estanges. I am a cousin of the Duc de Guise, and am naturally of the court party; but I can esteem a brave enemy, and regret to see one engaged in an encounter in which he must needs be overmatched. I am a fair swordsman, sir, Philip said; though my arm may lack somewhat of the strength it will have, a few years later. But had it been otherwise, I should have still taken the course I have. I do not say your conjecture is a correct one, but at any rate I would prefer the most unequal fight to being seized and questioned. One can but be killed once, and it were better that it should be by a thrust in the open air than a long imprisonment, ending perhaps with death at the stake. Monsieur D''Estanges said no more. In spite of his relationship with the Guises he, like many other French Catholic nobles, disapproved of the persecutions of the Huguenots, and especially of the massacres perpetrated by the lower orders in the towns, men for whom he had the... G. A. Henty, Books, Religion and Spirituality, Saint Bartholomew's Eve Books>Religion and Spirituality The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Religion / General;<

ISBN: 9781153751308

Excerpt: ...I am English, on my mother''s I am of noble French blood, being cousin to Francois de Laville, whose mother and mine were daughters of the Count de Moulins. Two dist… More...

Excerpt: ...I am English, on my mother''s I am of noble French blood, being cousin to Francois de Laville, whose mother and mine were daughters of the Count de Moulins. Two distinguished families of Poitou, Monsieur D''Estanges said, courteously. It needed not that, to tell me that you were of good blood. I regret much that this encounter is going to take place. Monsieur Raoul de Fontaine was in the wrong, in so rudely hailing you, and I cannot blame you for taking it up sharply; although, seeing your age and his, and that he is a good swordsman, it might have been more prudent to have overlooked his manner. Unless, indeed, and he smiled, Monsieur Raoul was right, and that you are engaged on some weighty matter here, and preferred to run the risk of getting yourself killed rather than have it inquired into. The Countess of Laville and her son are both staunch Huguenots, and you may well be on business here that you would not care to have investigated. You have not asked my name, sir. It is Charles D''Estanges. I am a cousin of the Duc de Guise, and am naturally of the court party; but I can esteem a brave enemy, and regret to see one engaged in an encounter in which he must needs be overmatched. I am a fair swordsman, sir, Philip said; though my arm may lack somewhat of the strength it will have, a few years later. But had it been otherwise, I should have still taken the course I have. I do not say your conjecture is a correct one, but at any rate I would prefer the most unequal fight to being seized and questioned. One can but be killed once, and it were better that it should be by a thrust in the open air than a long imprisonment, ending perhaps with death at the stake. Monsieur D''Estanges said no more. In spite of his relationship with the Guises he, like many other French Catholic nobles, disapproved of the persecutions of the Huguenots, and especially of the massacres perpetrated by the lower orders in the towns, men for whom he had the... G. A. Henty, Books, Religion and Spirituality, Saint Bartholomew's Eve Books>Religion and Spirituality, General Books LLC<

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