he knew he had only two days left ; that when once the order was signed by buckingham -- and buckingham would sign it the more readily from its bearing a false name , and she could not , therefore , recognize the man in question -- once this order was signed , we say , the baroness would make his embark immediately , and he knew very well that men condemned to exile employ arms much less powerful in their seductions than the pretendedly virtuous man whose beauty is lighted by the sun of the world , whose style the voice of fashion lauds , and whom a halo of aristocracy gilds with enchanting splendors .