In the Name of Liberty

s journey. He crossed the threshold on tiptoe, and, to his amazement, beheld a man, in the uniform of the National Guard, stretched out upon hi

t the steady, tranquil breathing of the sleeper soon convinced him. With a sudden inspiration, he stole to

im! The a

two chairs in front of him as a rampart, snatched out his sword, and beheld, in this bellicose postu

Dieu! Why did

de the rampart, and extended his hand, saying, "I was asle

ce was so uneasy," Barabant said

ho

nville halted. His eyes contracted into sl

you

eyes continued their scrutiny. "I have, perhaps, not do

, trailing swoop across his feet. Bara

ith a snap of his heels, and a certai

deem the experi

my safety I prefer

cry of 'aristocrats'

'the ari

'Arrest him,

easured looks, until, dismissing the subject with

t do they

, straddled his chair, rested his arms on the back, a

tery. No one knows where to place you. You

is accusation, appeare

the ending; then he added, irritably: "There are more ways than one of serving the nat

spreading it upon his knee, he said: "After all, you are right.

approval. "Good-good";

wn upon his knee with a slap. "To

ade a superhuman effort and forced back a smile. D

crime to be pleas

will do?" Bara

." He eyed him a moment, enjoying the surprise his next w

his acquaintance with hi

Come, and Santerre shall reassure you." At the door he paused, cast a rapid glance at the impoverished fittings, and drew out his

In the air was an unwonted stir, a muttering, defiant and eager, as the crowd disc

r to-nigh

ht, yes, at

the National Guar

rmed the M

ho

tio

e Pé

Occasionally was to be seen the glimmer of a weapon, a scythe, a cutlas

we are to att

shrugged h

unds you are. Tha

treets; until, as the two approached the Rue St. Ant

ng back, reviewed the thr

they will not dare?" he exclaime

raggler hastening toward the human torrent. Dossonville, in a

so. I have seen too much of selfishness, of wickedness, of deceits and hypocrisy, to be moved by human motives. Nothing really matters, n

hrong was massed so tightly that the two companions would have stuck thirty feet away, unable to turn, had not Santerre, from an upper window, perceived the lanky form of Dossonville. The moment his eye fell upon tha

eached him through the open window on the warm, suffocating air. He did not have long to wait. Santerre soon reappea

So I must leave you-only, I do not forget." He glanced at him, addi

down his confusion

afraid you are dealing with an

nish through the side exit, carryi

produced in the young man an assurance of facile conquest. But, left to her own devices, to her astonishment she found the solitude oppressive. She made an effort to dis

to her custom, she joined

ith your companion?"

carelessly: from that quarter she welcomed a

d you m

new! He has taken the

k her companion's arm and said abruptly, "I

t or in earnest, abandoned uneasily the conv

Bonnet

the

arseillais. If there is to be a

it will be f

hing in the air that

draw down a little more of the allotted strip of sky. The windows of taverns, on the ground floor, were beginning to redden and to cast faint streaks across the black, oozing streets; but t

iscussion would be broken by the bass vo

?a ira!

voices and the thin piping of

erté s'

tyrans tout

ntentment; wood-carriers, with relaxed limbs, slipping gratefully into the hard wooden benches; women of the markets, corpulent, quick-tongued, smelling of onion and garlic; e

wed their way to where, by an inner door, a waiter of exceptiona

en Boudgoust

showed the palms of his ha

is to send

s room

e going

s he barred the way. "Besides, mon ami,

grumbling, "Every one com

y of Marseillais and the National Guard, who looked up furti

ng, Citoyen

ent, she turned

doing here, ch

list

no longer

l said proudly, and her eye

" laughed Nicole. "

o Louison in

ée who is coming

e man dominated these uncouth, bristling, living arsenals-a squat figure, sprawling under the grotesque shadows of the lamp, which further distorted his huge bulk and bullet head. One ungainly, crooked hand leaned in ponderous suppor

te," Nicole said critical

ched, all the way from Marseille

icole asked, astonished

es

man in the center, d

a slight disconcertion. "H

s like a

ll you h

, with a smile which thre

oust, profoundly dejected, appeared, followed by the insouciant

t ne

ws from

atta

to-ni

reathless gallery, shrugged his

tpon

d disappointment

it. The tyrants are intrenched. Mandat is in ambush at the Pont Neuf and

of protest

y! Enough

we are no

he Pru

to wait for the

es! Jav

ues, l

us, Ja

suddenly quiet room lurched the squat figure, bareheaded, bare-armed, bare-chested but for a tattered shirt. He

ts-we are not such! We have suffered and ached. We have been crushed to the ground, saddled to the earth,-we, human beings, like cattle, and we remember our wrongs. Fear? Neither Go

ere burst a welcoming response. Dossonville, facing the fanatic without a change of position, waited imp

at can you do? March and be made into beefsteaks? The people, it is true, are hungry, bu

t us!" burst forth Javogues, glancing

ng San

se messages. I don't like t

with cool scorn of the threat

stoc

m

y you

dee

ll not

, actor, innkeeper, a bit of everything except the law and the church. Citoyen Boudgoust," he continued, shifting his h

wabbled a moment on

Citoyen Javogues, and an ea

y. "There, citoyen, good patriots should not quarrel when ther

stolidly, drunkenly, then deliberately folded

, you ar

im your

ouch to

the voice of Dosson

bring strange mann

somethi

tha

to tell a

tha

his fist, the Marseillais lurched f

der, surged furiously forward. Louison and Nicole, with a common impulse, seized Dossonville, a

difficult to find the right word on which to retreat with dignity. You saved me the trouble. What! it

ingly, "you were wrong to bait

gely on her cold face there was a flash of admir

! I have a feeling this fellow will bother me some day. However, it will add a little interest to these quiet times. Au rev

int, while for a time the gay chorus

le. There, all was animation with the arrival of the delegates from the forty-eight sections, assembling to deliberate upon a plan of action, w

faint reflections. They arrived at the Tuileries only to be barred passage by a patrol. Everywhere as they made the rounds they found the pala

side, drinking to the white cockades, as they had done at Versailles. Others affirmed that the city was to be set on fire from the four quarters; that the king had fled; that the National Assembly was to b

d the question for which Nicole

e, what did you

wh

n Javogues. Wa

of a butcher-a madman. Well, how shall I express it? H

d him," Geneviève protest

importance to what she considered the whim of a child, she added: "Well, mon e

he dark window opposite. Surprised at Geneviève's silen

to her side and taking her in her arms.

bs, murmured again and again

You bring me something to love and to care for. I

fed the candle, stretching ou

r one to be always

y covered her ha

icole said. "And now, if you are

r. The embrace seemed strange to Nicole, and, without q