“I went as you know. I found my domino at the place at the hour indicated. She confirmed what I had already heard respecting Chateau Renaud and Emily, and if I wished proof, she would give it me, for Chateau Renaud had made a bet that he would take his new mistress to supper at M. D——’s house that evening.
“Chance revealed to me that you knew M. D——, you suggested that I should accompany you. I accepted, you know the rest.”
“Now, what more could I do but await and accept the proposals that were made to me?”
“But,” I said, at length, as a sensation of fear crossed my mind, “I am afraid I heard your brother say that you had never handled a sword or a pistol.”
“That is quite true!”
“Then you are absolutely at the mercy of your adversary!”
“I cannot help it. I am in the hands of Providence.”
CHAPTER XV.
AS Louis was speaking, the servant announced the Baron Giordano Martelli.