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 making you a partaker of my popularity——" "You do not owe me any thing," replied the count; "and I request your highness to forget it, and to limit the reward to the mere observance of the promise you gave me: disperse this seditious mob, and treat them with the rigour such an infamous set deserve." Scarcely had the King of Navarre patience to attend to him. He cast on him a look of indignation and disdain. "Rash young man, dare you insult me?" These few words, which he pronounced with vehemence, drew the fury of the crowd upon the Count de Nevers. The hand, with which he attempted to draw his sword, was held by twenty arms, which deprived him of the use of it; and he would in an instant have been cut to pieces, if the King of Navarre had not cried out—"My friends, he has saved my life, and I demand his, to render it useful to you." Taking the Count by the arm, he conducted him through the submissive crowd, into a retired walk in Marcel’s garden, which was feebly enlightened by the moon. The King of Navarre told him they were now equal, as he had returned him the obligation he owed him—life for life; he must instantly decide, whether he would be his friend or victim. The Count boldly told him, he never would become a traitor to his king or country. The King of Navarre bade him reflect, that his life was in his power, as he had only to say the word, and death was his doom The Count made no reply, but contemplated the Prince with a look of defiance. "It is well—" exclaimed the enraged King of Navarre; but "remember, boy, I saved you from the fury of the people at the moment you insulted me. I shall have vengeance, and I will shew to the populace, now assembled, this poniard, which I will dcclare I wrested from your hand at the instant