Chapter 14 AN ENFORCED INTERVIEW

En, garde, Messieurs! And if my hand is hard,

Remember I've been buffeting at will;

I am a whit impatient, and 'tis ill

To cross a hungry dog. Messieurs, en garde.

-W. Lindsey.

"Monsieur Chauvenet!"

Armitage uncovered smilingly. Chauvenet stared mutely as Armitage paused with his back to the Claiborne gate. Chauvenet was dressed w