Valain

The sea was tumultuously agitated; and Valain, on observing it, was far from being without anxiety.

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Valain remained unmolested until evening; and then began his journey, first making a circuit to mislead any one who might be inclined to follow him.

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Valain did not arrive till mid-day: he had been unable to procure any kind of carriage, but by going to a post-town, ten miles distant from the Chateau; and had been obliged to walk part of the way, because his horse had knocked up.

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When they arrived at the hut, by the sea-side, where De Saint Ouïn had appointed to wait for them, Valain dismounted and entered it; but returning, with a look of dismay, declared the Marquis was not there.

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‘And now,’ continued he, ‘I will return, and guard him from the intemperate zeal of poor Valain.’

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Harrassed by disappointment, and fearful of approaching too near, as Valain whom I commissioned to watch, assured me I could not speak to you without being discovered, I yesterday recognised the worthy Fitzpier, whom I knew intimately at

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He then proceeded to inform her of his plan, which was to leave Valain in

The Parisian; or, Genunine Anecdotes of Distinguished and Noble Characters 1794

Valain was to communicate to her any intelligence of the Marquis, yet she was pleased with the idea that she should not be entirely precluded from the possibility of hearing of his welfare.

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The Marquis was then leaving her, but Laure reflecting on the incoherency of his manner, and that he had said he had not slept for some time, asked him who had accompanied him to Wincale, and was pleased to hear that it was Valain, a servant much attached to him.

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The impatience of the Duchess to quit the vessel was so great, that she would not allow Valain to procure a carriage, before she disembarked.

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