Held At Bay
“As he crossed the patch of moonlight it showed his lips turned back until the gums were bare, and the evil glitter in his eyes.
The knife in his right hand was in the shadows.
He had planned the night so perfectly, but first one calculation and then another had been upset. He had been watching out for danger when Labolle had raided Panneraude’s house. Labolle should have been ready for Mannering, and according to Granette’s plans the Baron would have been found dead by an open safe, but somehow... Mannering had slipped by the apache, and when the first alarm had been raised Granette had hurried away. He had gone soon afterwards to the Belles Femmes, to see if Labolle had returned.
Benedicte Labolle told him what he had done. Granette had raved and raged, but there had been something about Labolle’s eyes that had warned him not to go too far.
Knowing Mannering had the Crown, Granette had hurried to the Bristol, but Robierre had been before him.
Granette had been quick to realise that Robierre had found nothing.MoreLess
The knife in his right hand was in the shadows.
He had planned the night so perfectly, but first one calculation and then another had been upset. He had been watching out for danger when Labolle had raided Panneraude’s house. Labolle should have been ready for Mannering, and according to Granette’s plans the Baron would have been found dead by an open safe, but somehow... Mannering had slipped by the apache, and when the first alarm had been raised Granette had hurried away. He had gone soon afterwards to the Belles Femmes, to see if Labolle had returned.
Benedicte Labolle told him what he had done. Granette had raved and raged, but there had been something about Labolle’s eyes that had warned him not to go too far.
Knowing Mannering had the Crown, Granette had hurried to the Bristol, but Robierre had been before him.
Granette had been quick to realise that Robierre had found nothing.MoreLess
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