CHAPTER XVIII.

GRIMAUD BEGINS HIS NEW WORK. Grimaud therefore entered the prison of Vincennes under the most favourable auspices. Now Monsieur de Chavigny prided himself on his infallible penetration; for that which almost proved that he was the son of Richelieu was his everlasting pretension; he examined attentively the countenance of the applicant for place, and fancied that the contracted eyebrows, thin lips, hooked nose, and prominent cheeks of Grimaud, were good signs. He addressed about twelve words to him; Grimaud answered…