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Excerpt from One in a Thousand, Vol. 2 of 3: Or, the Days of Henry Quatre
There was a brief pause, - for St. Réal would not trust his voice with a reply, and the Duke, after having dismissed the officers by whom he had been surrounded, proceeded: I trust, Monsieur de St. Réal, that you know enough of him who speaks to you to believe, even without my saying it, that Charles of Mayenne is utterly incapable of such an act as that by which my safe - conduct was violated in your instance. For my own part, the persons who captured you allege, in their excuse, some dis positions of your tr00ps, which gave cause to suspect an inclination to support our adversary, the young Duke of Longueville; but I - judg ing your sentiments by my own - absolve you from all such suspicion.
You do me justice, my lord, replied St. Réal; I am incapable of taking advantage of your pass in order to injure you; and though.
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