Chapter 41

Mademoiselle d’Alescar gave Béchoux a glance of slightly contemptuous surprise and continued, without answering: “So Jean and I lived alone here on this little manor, right in front of the Dungeon and the Château that had always belonged to our family. This caused Jean a sorrow which grew with the years, and intensified as his intelligence developed and he grew towards manhood. It grieved and hurt him to feel that he had lost his heritage and been driven from what he considered his rightful domain. In all his work …