CHAPTER XXVI.

GAMAIN PROVES HE IS THE MASTER. The reader will not be much surprised, after the permission Lafayette gave for the King to have his locksmith call to relieve him of a trouble in lockmaking, that Gamain should present himself at the palace with his apprentice who gave the name of Louis Lecomte. Though there was nothing in the pair aristocratic, King Louis ran to the forge door on hearing the announcement and bade them enter. “Here I am,” returned Gamain, with the familiarity of a crony. Whether he was less used to r…