But such is the
secrecy of these men's councils, that I doubt we may suspect more
than we shall ever be able to prove." The Governor looked much
agitated.
"What amazes me, Count, is not that the thing should be done, but
that Le Gardeur should have done it!" exclaimed La Corne, with a
puzzled expression.
"That is the strangest circumstance of all, La Corne," observed the
Governor. "The same thought has struck me. But he was mad with
wine, they say; and men who upset their reason do not seldom reverse
their conduct towards their friends; they are often cruelest to
those whom they love best."
"I will not believe but that he was made drunk purposely to commit
this crime!" exclaimed La Corne, striking his hand upon his thigh.
"Le Gardeur in his senses would have lost his right hand sooner than
have raised it against the Bourgeois."
"I feel sure of it; his friendship for Pierre Philibert, to whom he
owed his life, was something rarely seen now-a-days," remarked the
Count.
La Corne felt a relief in bearing testimony in favor of Le Gardeur.
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