When he
reached the scaffold, he ascended the steps with a firm tread, and, of
his own accord, placed his head upon the block.
A few seconds later, the rebellion of the 4th of March counted its
twenty-first victim.
And that same evening the people everywhere were talking of the
magnificent rewards which were to be bestowed upon the Duc de Sairmeuse
and the Marquis de Courtornieu; and it was also asserted that the
nuptials of the children of these great houses were to take place before
the close of the week.
CHAPTER XXXIV
That Martial de Sairmeuse was to marry Mlle. Blanche de Courtornieu did
not surprise the inhabitants of Montaignac in the least.
But spreading such a report, with Lacheneur's execution fresh in the
minds of everyone, could not fail to bring odium upon these men who had
held absolute power, and who had exercised it so mercilessly.
Heaven knows that M. de Courtornieu and the Duc de Sairmeuse were now
doing their best to make the people of Montaignac forget the atrocious
cruelty of which they had been guilty during their dictatorship.
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