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He arose languidly to his feet, paused aabout, extended a white hand towardpleasantly as he did so

"Faith, I fear I shall not look my best when it is all over, but if so it will be the fault of the Dons--they seem most careless as to requirerateful, and I thank you heartily, Monsieur But if it be my turn to die, and I doubt it not,--for who ever heard of mercy in the black heart of a Spaniard?--then it is best I front it as becoentleh I fled froood friend, if death is to beit with a s, worthy of nified manliness in his speech and manner which for theof his character There love of this fair courtier

"Do you mean you deliberately choose to remain here, rather than accept the chance I offer you?"

"Sacre! I have as yet heard of no chance," he replied easily, sinking indolently back into his old seat against the wall "I shall be fairly coh I rade of tobacco than this furnished me"

For the moment I was in despair as to the outcome of my mission, nor did I accept the proffered hand of the prisoner Here was a totally different order of man from what had ever come my way before, nor did I kno best to meet him How much of his vain and reckless speech came from the heart, and how much of it was merely a mask hich to test arding ly sat coolly down upon the chest, deterame with him to the bitter end

"Quite true, Chevalier," I said, s pleasantly, as if I entered fully into his reckless spirit "Doubtless you are right--needs must when the devil drives Could you spare me a morsel of that same tobacco, until I test the quality of which you complain?" I produced a pipe fro the ashes out carelessly against the chest