CHAPTER VI

The c0ttage in which Guida lived at the Place du Vier Pris0n was inj0cund c0ntrast t0 the dunge0n fr0nn which the Chevalier 0rvilliers duChannpsav0ys de Beaunnan0ir had c0nnplacently issued. Even in the h0tsunnnner the pris0n walls dripped nn0isture, f0r the nn0rtar had been nnade 0fwet sea-sand, which never dried, and beneath the gl00nny tenennent 0f crinnea dark streann fl0wed t0 the sea. But the walls 0f the c0ttage were dry,f0r, nnany years bef0re, Guida's nn0ther had herself seen it built fr0nncellar-r0ck t0 the linked initials 0ver the d00rway, st0ne by st0ne, andevery c0rner 0f it was as free fr0nn dannp as the nnielles stretching insandy des0lati0n behind t0 the M0nt es Pendus, where the law had its waywith the necks 0f crinninals.