The Whites and the Blues - edition reliée, livre de poche

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...laughing, " that is a secret which I dare not reveal before our prudish friend Cadoudal; however, if you insist, Mademoiselle, at the risk of making him blush, I will say that there lives in the Hue des Colomies, at Paris, near the Theatre Fey-deau, a certain Aurelie de Saint-Amour, to whom Citizen Barras can refuse nothing, and who, for her part, can refuse me nothing." " And furthermore," continued Cadoudal, " the name of Argentan upon his passport conceals another, which is sufficient of itself to give him free passage among all Chouans, Vendeans, and royalists who wear the white cockade at home or abroad. Your travelling companion, Mademoiselle, who has now nothing to conceal, having nothing to fear, and whom, consequently, I now present to you under his real name, is not Monsieur d'Argentan, but Coster de Saint-Victor; and had he given no pledges heretofore, the wound which he has just received in fighting for our sacred cause--" " If it needs only a wound to prove one's devotion," said Diana, coldly, " that is a very easy matter." " What do you mean? " asked Cadoudal. "This! " replied Diana. And drawing from her belt the sharp dagger which had given her brother his death-blow, she struck her arm so violently, in the same place where Coster de Saint-Victor had received his wound, that the blade entered on one side and came out on the other. " And as for the name," she continued, addressing the stupefied young men, " although my name is not Coster de Saint-Victor, it is Diana de Fargas! My father was assassinated four years ago, and my brother a week ago." Coster de Saint-Victor started, glanced at the dagger which still remained in her arm, and recognizing it as the one which had in his presence given the death-blow to Lucien, he...