He rode across the main bridge over the Vilaine, and so into the upper and principal part of that important city of some thirty thousand souls, most of whom, he opined from the seething2, clamant crowds that everywhere blocked his way, must on this day have taken to the streets. Clearly Philippe had not overstated the excitement prevailing3 there.
He pushed on as best he could, and so came at last to the Place Royale, where he found the crowd to be most dense4. From the plinth of the equestrian5 statue of Louis XV, a white-faced young man was excitedly addressing the multitude. His youth and dress proclaimed the student, and a group of his fellows, acting6 as a guard of honour to him, kept the immediate7 precincts of the statue.
Over the heads of the crowd Andre–Louis caught a few of the phrases flung forth8 by that eager voice.
“It was the promise of the King . . . It is the King’s authority they flout9 . . . They arrogate10 to themselves the whole sovereignty in Brittany. The King has dissolved them . . . These insolent11 nobles defying their sovereign and the people . . . ”
Had he not known already, from what Philippe had told him, of the events which had brought the Third Estate to the point of active revolt, those few phrases would fully12 have informed him. This popular display of temper was most opportune13 to his need, he thought. And in the hope that it might serve his turn by disposing to reasonableness the mind of the King’s Lieutenant14, he pushed on up the wide and well-paved Rue15 Royale, where the concourse of people began to diminish. He put up his hired horse at the Come de Cerf, and set out again, on foot, to the Palais de Justice.
There was a brawling16 mob by the framework of poles and scaffoldings about the building cathedral, upon which work had been commenced a year ago. But he did not pause to ascertain17 the particular cause of that gathering18. He strode on, and thus came presently to the handsome Italianate palace that was one of the few public edifices19 that had survived the devastating20 fire of sixty years ago.
He won through with difficulty to the great hall, known as the Salle des Pas Perdus, where he was left to cool his heels for a full half-hour after he had found an usher21 so condescending23 as to inform the god who presided over that shrine24 of Justice that a lawyer from Gavrillac humbly25 begged an audience on an affair of gravity.
That the god condescended26 to see him at all was probably due to the grave complexion27 of the hour. At long length he was escorted up the broad stone staircase, and ushered28 into a spacious29, meagrely furnished anteroom, to make one of a waiting crowd of clients, mostly men.
There he spent another half-hour, and employed the time in considering exactly what he should say. This consideration made him realize the weakness of the case he proposed to set before a man whose views of law and morality were coloured by his social rank.
At last he was ushered through a narrow but very massive and richly decorated door into a fine, well-lighted room furnished with enough gilt30 and satin to have supplied the boudoir of a lady of fashion.
It was a trivial setting for a King’s Lieutenant, but about the King’s Lieutenant there was — at least to ordinary eyes — nothing trivial. At the far end of the chamber31, to the right of one of the tall windows that looked out over the inner court, before a goat-legged writing-table with Watteau panels, heavily encrusted with ormolu, sat that exalted32 being. Above a scarlet33 coat with an order flaming on its breast, and a billow of lace in which diamonds sparkled like drops of water, sprouted34 the massive powdered head of M. de Lesdiguieres. It was thrown back to scowl35 upon this visitor with an expectant arrogance36 that made Andre–Louis wonder almost was a genuflexion awaited from him.
Perceiving a lean, lantern-jawed young man, with straight, lank37 black hair, in a caped38 riding-coat of brown cloth, and yellow buckskin breeches, his knee-boots splashed with mud, the scowl upon that august visage deepened until it brought together the thick black eyebrows39 above the great hooked nose.
“You announce yourself as a lawyer of Gavrillac with an important communication,” he growled40. It was a peremptory41 command to make this communication without wasting the valuable time of a King’s Lieutenant, of whose immense importance it conveyed something more than a hint. M. de Lesdiguieres accounted himself an imposing42 personality, and he had every reason to do so, for in his time he had seen many a poor devil scared out of all his senses by the thunder of his voice.
He waited now to see the same thing happen to this youthful lawyer from Gavrillac. But he waited in vain.
Andre–Louis found him ridiculous. He knew pretentiousness43 for the mask of worthlessness and weakness. And here he beheld44 pretentiousness incarnate45. It was to be read in that arrogant46 poise47 of the head, that scowling48 brow, the inflexion of that reverberating49 voice. Even more difficult than it is for a man to be a hero to his valet — who has witnessed the dispersal of the parts that make up the imposing whole — is it for a man to be a hero to the student of Man who has witnessed the same in a different sense.
Andre–Louis stood forward boldly — impudently51, thought M. de Lesdiguieres.
“You are His Majesty’s Lieutenant here in Brittany,” he said — and it almost seemed to the august lord of life and death that this fellow had the incredible effrontery52 to address him as one man speaking to another. “You are the dispenser of the King’s high justice in this province.”
Surprise spread on that handsome, sallow face under the heavily powdered wig53.
“Is your business concerned with this infernal insubordination of the canaille?” he asked.
“It is not, monsieur.”
The black eyebrows rose. “Then what the devil do you mean by intruding54 upon me at a time when all my attention is being claimed by the obvious urgency of this disgraceful affair?”
“The affair that brings me is no less disgraceful and no less urgent.”
“It will have to wait!” thundered the great man in a passion, and tossing back a cloud of lace from his hand, he reached for the little silver bell upon his table.
“A moment, monsieur!” Andre–Louis’ tone was peremptory. M. de Lesdiguieres checked in sheer amazement55 at its impudence56. “I can state it very briefly57 . . . ”
“Haven’t I said already . . . ”
“And when you have heard it,” Andre–Louis went on, relentlessly58, interrupting the interruption, “you will agree with me as to its character.”
M. de Lesdiguieres considered him very sternly.
“What is your name?” he asked.
“Andre–Louis Moreau.”
“Well, Andre–Louis Moreau, if you can state your plea briefly, I will hear you. But I warn you that I shall be very angry if you fail to justify59 the impertinence of this insistence60 at so inopportune a moment.”
“You shall be the judge of that, monsieur,” said Andre–Louis, and he proceeded at once to state his case, beginning with the shooting of Mabey, and passing thence to the killing61 of M. de Vilmorin. But he withheld62 until the end the name of the great gentleman against whom he demanded justice, persuaded that did he introduce it earlier he would not be allowed to proceed.
He had a gift of oratory63 of whose full powers he was himself hardly conscious yet, though destined64 very soon to become so. He told his story well, without exaggeration, yet with a force of simple appeal that was irresistible65. Gradually the great man’s face relaxed from its forbidding severity. Interest, warming almost to sympathy, came to be reflected on it.
“And who, sir, is the man you charge with this?”
“The Marquis de La Tour d’Azyr.”
The effect of that formidable name was immediate. Dismayed anger, and an arrogance more utter than before, took the place of the sympathy he had been betrayed into displaying.
“Who?” he shouted, and without waiting for an answer, “Why, here’s impudence,” he stormed on, “to come before me with such a charge against a gentleman of M. de La Tour d’Azyr’s eminence66! How dare you speak of him as a coward. . . . ”
“I speak of him as a murderer,” the young man corrected. “And I demand justice against him.”
“You demand it, do you? My God, what next?”
“That is for you to say, monsieur.”
It surprised the great gentleman into a more or less successful effort of self-control.
“Let me warn you,” said he, acidly, “that it is not wise to make wild accusations67 against a nobleman. That, in itself, is a punishable offence, as you may learn. Now listen to me. In this matter of Mabey — assuming your statement of it to be exact — the gamekeeper may have exceeded his duty; but by so little that it is hardly worth comment. Consider, however, that in any case it is not a matter for the King’s Lieutenant, or for any court but the seigneurial court of M. de La Tour d’Azyr himself. It is before the magistrates68 of his own appointing that such a matter must be laid, since it is matter strictly69 concerning his own seigneurial jurisdiction70. As a lawyer you should not need to be told so much.”
“As a lawyer, I am prepared to argue the point. But, as a lawyer I also realize that if that case were prosecuted71, it could only end in the unjust punishment of a wretched gamekeeper, who did no more than carry out his orders, but who none the less would now be made a scapegoat72, if scapegoat were necessary. I am not concerned to hang Benet on the gallows73 earned by M. de La Tour d’Azyr.”
M. de Lesdiguieres smote74 the table violently. “My God!” he cried out, to add more quietly, on a note of menace, “You are singularly insolent, my man.”
“That is not my intention, sir, I assure you. I am a lawyer, pleading a case — the case of M. de Vilmorin. It is for his assassination75 that I have come to beg the King’s justice.”
“But you yourself have said that it was a duel76!” cried the Lieutenant, between anger and bewilderment.
“I have said that it was made to appear a duel. There is a distinction, as I shall show, if you will condescend22 to hear me out.”
“Take your own time, sir!” said the ironical77 M. de Lesdiguieres, whose tenure78 of office had never yet held anything that remotely resembled this experience.
Andre–Louis took him literally79. “I thank you, sir,” he answered, solemnly, and submitted his argument. “It can be shown that M. de Vilmorin never practised fencing in all his life, and it is notorious that M. de La Tour d’Azyr is an exceptional swordsman. Is it a duel, monsieur, where one of the combatants alone is armed? For it amounts to that on a comparison of their measures of respective skill.”
“There has scarcely been a duel fought on which the same trumpery80 argument might not be advanced.”
“But not always with equal justice. And in one case, at least, it was advanced successfully.”
“Successfully? When was that?”
“Ten years ago, in Dauphiny. I refer to the case of M. de Gesvres, a gentleman of that province, who forced a duel upon M. de la Roche Jeannine, and killed him. M. de Jeannine was a member of a powerful family, which exerted itself to obtain justice. It put forward just such arguments as now obtain against M. de La Tour d’Azyr. As you will remember, the judges held that the provocation81 had proceeded of intent from M. de Gesvres; they found him guilty of premeditated murder, and he was hanged.”
M. de Lesdiguieres exploded yet again. “Death of my life!” he cried. “Have you the effrontery to suggest that M. de La Tour d’Azyr should be hanged? Have you?”
“But why not, monsieur, if it is the law, and there is precedent82 for it, as I have shown you, and if it can be established that what I state is the truth — as established it can be without difficulty?”
“Do you ask me, why not? Have you temerity83 to ask me that?”
“I have, monsieur. Can you answer me? If you cannot, monsieur, I shall understand that whilst it is possible for a powerful family like that of La Roche Jeannine to set the law in motion, the law must remain inert84 for the obscure and uninfluential, however brutally85 wronged by a great nobleman.”
M. de Lesdiguieres perceived that in argument he would accomplish nothing against this impassive, resolute86 young man. The menace of him grew more fierce.
“I should advise you to take yourself off at once, and to be thankful for the opportunity to depart unscathed.”
“I am, then, to understand, monsieur, that there will be no inquiry87 into this case? That nothing that I can say will move you?”
“You are to understand that if you are still there in two minutes it will be very much the worse for you.” And M. de Lesdiguieres tinkled88 the silver hand-bell upon his table.
“I have informed you, monsieur, that a duel — so-called — has been fought, and a man killed. It seems that I must remind you, the administrator89 of the King’s justice, that duels90 are against the law, and that it is your duty to hold an inquiry. I come as the legal representative of the bereaved91 mother of M. de Vilmorin to demand of you the inquiry that is due.”
The door behind Andre–Louis opened softly. M. de Lesdiguieres, pale with anger, contained himself with difficulty.
“You seek to compel us, do you, you impudent50 rascal92?” he growled. “You think the King’s justice is to be driven headlong by the voice of any impudent roturier? I marvel93 at my own patience with you. But I give you a last warning, master lawyer; keep a closer guard over that insolent tongue of yours, or you will have cause very bitterly to regret its glibness94.” He waved a jewelled, contemptuous hand, and spoke95 to the usher standing96 behind Andre. “To the door!” he said, shortly.
Andre–Louis hesitated a second. Then with a shrug97 he turned. This was the windmill, indeed, and he a poor knight98 of rueful countenance99. To attack it at closer quarters would mean being dashed to pieces. Yet on the threshold he turned again.
“M. de Lesdiguieres,” said he, “may I recite to you an interesting fact in natural history? The tiger is a great lord in the jungle, and was for centuries the terror of lesser100 beasts, including the wolf. The wolf, himself a hunter, wearied of being hunted. He took to associating with other wolves, and then the wolves, driven to form packs for self-protection, discovered the power of the pack, and took to hunting the tiger, with disastrous101 results to him. You should study Buffon, M. de Lesdiguieres.”
“I have studied a buffoon102 this morning, I think,” was the punning sneer103 with which M. de Lesdiguieres replied. But that he conceived himself witty104, it is probable he would not have condescended to reply at all. “I don’t understand you,” he added.
“But you will, M. de Lesdiguieres. You will,” said Andre–Louis, and so departed.
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flout
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arrogate
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lieutenant
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brawling
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impudence
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