CHAPTER XIX.

WHAT THE PIES OF FATHER MARTEAU'S SUCCESSOR CONTAINED. Half an hour later La Ramée returned joyous and happy, like most men who have eaten, and more especially drank, to their hearts' content. The pastry was excellent, and the wine delicious. The weather was fine, and the game at tennis took place in the open air. At two o'clock the tennis balls began, according to Grimaud's directions, to take the direction of the moat, much to the delight of La Ramée, who marked fifteen whenever the duke sent a ball into the moat…