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Chapter 64
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When the repast was over, Monsoreau took St. Luc's arm and went out. "Do you know," said he, "that I am very happy to have found you here, for the solitude of Méridor frightened me."
"What, with your wife? As for me, with such a companion I should find a desert delightful."
"I do not say no, but still----"
"Still, what?"
"I am very glad to have met you here."
"Really, monsieur, you are very polite, for I cannot believe that you could possibly fear ennui with such a companion, and such a country."
"Bah! I pass half my life in the woods."
"The more reason for being fond of them, it seems to me. I know I shall be very sorry to leave them; unluckily, I fear I shall be forced to do so before long."
"Why so?"
"Oh! monsieur, when is man the arbiter of his own destiny? He is like the leaf of the tree, which the wind blows about. You are very fortunate."
"Fortunate; how?"
"To live amongst these splendid trees."
"Oh! I do not think I shall stay here long; I am not so fond of nature, and I fear these woods; I think they are not safe."
"Why? on account of their loneliness, do you mean?"
"No, not that, for I suppose you see friends here."
"Not a soul."
"Ah! really. How long is it since you had any visitor?"
"Not since I have been here."
"Not one gentleman from the court at Angers?"
"Not one."
"Impossible."
"It is true."
"Then I am wrong."
"Perfectly; but why is not the park safe, are there bears here?"
"Oh, no."
"Wolves?"
"No."
"Robbers?"
"Perhaps. Tell me, monsieur, Madame de St. Luc seemed to me very pretty; is she not?"
"Why, yes."
"Does she often walk in the park?"
"Often; she adores the woods, like myself."
"And do you accompany her?"
"Always."
"Nearly always?"
"What the devil are you driving at?"
"Oh; mon Dieu, nothing; or, at least, a trifle."
"I listen."
"They told me----"
"Well?"
"You will not be angry?"
"I never am so."
"Besides, between husbands, these confidences are right; they told me a man had been seen wandering in the park."
"A man."
"Yes."
"Who came
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