The world, its battles, and its politics were utterly forgotten, as
they conversed far into the night and examined, with the delight of
new discoverers, the beauty and variety of nature's forms that exist
in the New World.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
A WILD NIGHT INDOORS AND OUT.
The Chevalier de Pean had been but too successful in his errand of
mischief to the Manor House of Tilly.
A few days had sufficed for this accomplished ambassador of Bigot to
tempt Le Gardeur to his ruin, and to triumph in his fall.
Upon his arrival at the Seigniory, De Pean had chosen to take up
his quarters at the village inn, in preference to accepting the
proffered hospitality of the Lady de Tilly, whom, however, he had
frequently to see, having been craftily commissioned by Bigot with
the settlement of some important matters of business relating to her
Seigniory, as a pretext to visit the Manor House and linger in the
village long enough to renew his old familiarity with Le Gardeur.
The visits of De Pean to the Manor House were politely but not
cordially received.
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