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His every step was being watched, and he still thought Jeanne
Lange in immediate danger of death. The look of despair in his
face proclaimed these two facts, and Blakeney's heart ached for
the mental torture which his friend was enduring. He longed to
let Armand know that the woman he loved was in comparative safety.
Jeanne Lange first, and then Armand himself; and the odds would be
very heavy against the Scarlet Pimpernel! But that Marguerite
should not have to mourn an only brother, of that Sir Percy made
oath.
He now turned his steps towards his own former lodgings by St.
Germain l'Auxerrois. It was just possible that Armand had
succeeded in leaving a message there for him. It was, of course,
equally possible that when he did so Heron's men had watched his
movements, and that spies would be stationed there, too, on the
watch.
But that risk must, of course, be run. Blakeney's former lodging
was the one place that Armand would know of to which he could send
a message to his chief, if he wanted to do so. Of course, the
unfortunate young man could not have known until just now that
Percy would come back to Paris, but he might guess it, or wish it,
or only vaguely hope for it; he might want to send a message, he
might long to communicate with his brother-in-law, and, perhaps,
feel sure that the latter would not leave him in the lurch.
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