And Gabriel, bowing his head affirmatively, replied with his sweet, calm smile,—
"Yes, take Calais."
The Duc de Guise went to attend the council, and Gabriel followed him from the room and left the Louvre.
CHAPTER XI
GLIMPSES AT DIVERS MEN OF THE SWORD
Aloyse was standing at the lower window of the house anxiously awaiting Gabriel's return. When she finally espied him, she raised to heaven her eyes filled with tears; but tears of happiness and gratitude they were this time.
She ran and opened the door with her own hands to her beloved master.
"God be praised that I see you once more, Monseigneur!" she cried. "Do you come from the Louvre? Have you seen the king?"
"Yes, I have seen him," Gabriel replied.
"Well?"