Under the Red Robe
by Stanley J. Weyman
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There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my teeth. He thought, I'll be sworn, that I should storm and swear and ruffle it like any common cock of the hackle. But that was never Gil de Berault's way. For a few seconds after he had spoken I did not even look at him. I passed my eye instead - smiling, Bien Entendu - round the ring of waiting faces, saw that there was no one except show more De Pombal I had cause to fear; and then at last I rose and looked at the fool with the grim face I have known impose on older and wiser men. 'Marked cards, M. l'Anglais?' I said, with a chilling sneer. 'They are used, I am told, to trap players - not unbirched schoolboys.' show lessTags
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Author Stanley J. Weyman was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England on August 7, 1855. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a lawyer in the family law firm. He was occasionally referred to as the Prince of Romance and wrote fifteen books between 1890 and 1904 that were set in 16th and 17th century France. Some of his best known novels include show more The House of the Wolf, A Gentleman of France, Under the Red Robe, The Man in Black, Count Hannibal, and The Long Night. He died on April 10, 1928. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Under the Red Robe
- Original title
- Under the Red Robe
- Original publication date
- 1894
- People/Characters
- M. Gil de Berault ; M. de Barthe; Mademoiselle de Cocheforet; Cardinal Richelieu ; M. de Cocheforet ; Madame de Cocheforet (show all 7); Clon
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- Under the Red Robe (1937 | IMDb); Under the Red Robe (1923 | IMDb)
- First words
- Marked cards!
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)For the world had learned its lesson; to this hour they call that day, which saw me stand alone for all his friends, 'The Day of Dupes.'
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