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while Marie and I�察�though not a whit stouter at a pinch�察�were slower to feel 

and less easy to movemore Germanic in fact。 

     I name this here partly lest it should be thought after what I have just 

told of Croisette that there was anything of the woman about himsave the 

tenderness�察  �and partly  to show  that   we   acted  at   this   crisis   each   after   his 

manner。      'While   Croisette   turned   pale   and   trembled�察  �and   hid   his   eyes�察  �I 

stood dazed�察�looking from the desolate house to the face stiffening in the 

sunshine�察  �and   back   again�察  �wondering�察  �though   I   had   seen   scores   of   dead 

faces since daybreak�察�and a plenitude of suffering in all dreadful shapes�察�

how Providence could let this happen to us。               To us�    �In his instincts man 

is as selfish as any animal that lives。 

     I  saw  nothing   indeed   of the dead   face  and   dead   house  after the  first 

convincing   glance。       I   saw   instead   with   hot�察  �hot   eyes   the   old   castle   at 

home�察�the green fields about the brook�察�and the grey hills rising from them�察�

and the terrace�察�and Kit coming to meet us�察�Kit with white face and parted 

lips and avid eyes that questioned us�             �And we with no comfort to give 

her�察�no lover to bring back to her� �

     A faint noise behind as of a sign creaking in the wind�察�roused me from 

this   most   painful   reverie。   I   turned   round�察  �not   quickly   or   in   surprise   or 

fear。    Rather in the same dull wonder。           The upper part of the bookseller's 

door   was   ajar。    It   was   that   I   had   heard   opened。  An   old   woman   was 



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peering out at us。 

     As our eyes met�察�she made a slight movement to close the door again。 

But   I   did   not   stir�察  �and   seeming   to   be   reassured   by  a   second   glance�察  �she 

nodded to me in a stealthy fashion。           I drew a step nearer�察�listlessly。      ;Pst� �

Pst� ─    �she    whispered。       Her    wrinkled     old   face�察  �which     was   like   a 

Normandy apple long kept�察�was soft with pity as she looked at Croisette。 

;Pst� ─�

     ;Well� ─    �I said�察�mechanically。 

     ;Is he taken�拭─     �she muttered。 

     ;Who taken�拭─       �I asked stupidly。 

     She   nodded   towards   the   forsaken   house�察  �and   answered�察   �The   young 

lord who lodged there�拭          �Ah�    �sirs�察─�she continued�察 �he looked gay  and 

handsome�察 �if   you'll   believe   me�察  �as   he   came   from  the   king's   court   yester 

even�     �As bonny a sight in his satin coat�察�and his ribbons�察�as my eyes ever 

saw�     �And to think that they should be hunting him like a rat to´day� ─�

     The woman's   words   were  few  and   simple。          But   what   a  change they 

made in my world�          �How my heart awoke from its stupor�察�and leapt up 

with   a   new   joy   and   a   new´born    hope�     �Did   he   get   away�拭─    �I   cried 

eagerly。     ;Did he escape�察�mother�察�then�拭─�

     ;Ay�察�that。    he did� ─    �she replied quickly。       ;That poor fellow�察�yonder´ 

´he   lies   quiet   enough   now   God   forgive   him   his   heresy�察  �say   I��kept   the 

door manfully while the gentleman got on the roof�察�and ran right down the 

street on the tops of the houses�察�with them firing and hooting at him�此                 �for 

all   the   world   as   if   he   had   been   a   squirrel   and   they  a   pack   of   boys   with 

stones� ─�

     ;And he escaped�拭─�

     ;Escaped� ─      �she answered more slowly�察�shaking her old head in doubt。 

;I do not know about that I fear they have got him by now�察�gentlemen。                      I 

have been shivering and shaking up stairs with my husbandhe is in bed�察�

good man�察�and the safest place for him the saints have mercy upon us� �

But I heard them go with their shouting and gunpowder right along to the 

river�察�and I doubt they will take him between this and the CHATELET�                      �I 



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doubt they will。; 

     ;How long ago was it�察�dame�拭─            �I cried。 

     ;Oh�     �may  be   half   an hour。      Perhaps   you   are   friends   of   his�拭─  �she 

added questioningly。 

     But   I   did   not   stay   to   answer   her。 I   shook   Croisette�察  �who   had   not 

heard   a   word   of   this�察  �by   the   shoulder。  There   is   a   chance   that   he   has 

escaped� ─     �I cried in his ear。       Escaped�察�do you hear�拭─          �And I told him 

hastily what she had said。 

     It was fine�察�indeed�察�and a sight�察�to see the blood rush to his cheeks�察�and 

the tears dry in his eyes�察�and energy and decision spring to life in every 

nerve and muscle of his face�察 �Then there is hope�拭─                   �he cried�察�grasping 

my   arm。     ;Hope�察     �Anne�     �Come�       �Come�      �Do   not   let  us  lose  another 

instant。    If he be alive let us join him� ─�

     The old woman tried to detain us�察�but in vain。                 Nay�察�pitying us�察�and 

fearing�察  �I   think�察  �that   we   were   rushing   on   our   deaths�察  �she   cast   aside   her 

caution�察    �and   called   after   us  aloud。    We     took   no   heed�察   �running    after 

Croisette�察�who had not waited for our answer�察�as fast as young limbs could 

carry us down the street。           The exhaustion we had felt a moment before 

when   all   seemed   lost   be   it   remembered   that   we   had   not   been   to   bed   or 

tasted   food   for   many   hoursfell   from   us   on   the   instant�察  �and   was   clean 

gone and forgotten in the joy of this respite。            Louis was living and for the 

moment had escaped。 

     Escaped�       �But    for   how    long�拭    �We     soon   had    our   answer。     The 

moment we turned the corner by the river´side�察�the murmur of a multitude 

not loud but continuous�察�struck our ears�察�even as the breeze off the water 

swept our cheeks。         Across the river lay the thousand roofs of the Ile de la 

Cite�察 �all sparkling   in the sunshine。         But   we swept   to   the  right�察  �thinking 

little of THAT sight�察�and checked our speed on finding ourselves on the 

skirts of the crowd。 Before us was a bridgethe Pont au Change�察�I think 

and   at   its   head   on   our   side   of   the   water  stood   the   CHATELET�察  �with   its 

hoary   turrets   and   battlements。      Between   us   and   the   latter�察  �and   backed 

only by the river�察�was a great open space half´filled with people�察�mostly 



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silent and watchful�察�come together as to a show�察�and betraying�察�at present 

at least�察�no desire to take an active part in what was going on。 

     We hurriedly plunged into the throng�察�and soon caught the clue to the 

quietness and the lack of movement which seemed to prevail�察�and which at 

first   sight   had   puzzled   us。  For   a   moment   the   absence   of   the   dreadful 

symptoms   we   had   come   to   know   so   wellthe   flying   and   pursuing�察  �the 

random  blows�察  �the   shrieks   and   curses   and   batterings   on   doors�察 �the   tipsy 

yells�察  �had   reassured     us。   But    the  relief  was    short´lived。    The     people 

before   us   were   under   control。   A   tighter   grip   seemed   to   close   upon   our 

hearts as we discerned this�察�for we knew that the wild fury of the populace�察�

like the rush of a bull�察�might have given some chance of escapein this 

case as in others。      But this cold´blooded ordered search left none。 

     Every face about us was turned in the same direction�察�away from the 

river and towards a block of old houses which stood opposite to it。                     The 

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