M.du Tillet learned that the mob of Dijon were becoming more and more violent, and that spies and watchmen had been told off to see that none of the family attempted to fly for the frontier.

He therefore wrote to the marquis urging that it would be better that the family should move to Paris, where they would be in no danger.

In reply he received a letter begging him to start as soon as the roads were fit for travel.
About the same time Victor de Gisons received a summons from his father to join him in Paris.
The messenger who brought the letter to M.du Tillet brought one also for Marie from the marquise, saying that the heads of both families were of opinion that the marriage must be still further postponed, as in the present state of affairs all private plans and interests must be put aside in view of the dangers that surrounded the king.

Marie acquiesced in the decision, and bade her lover adieu calmly and bravely.
"They are quite right, Victor; I have felt for some time that when France was on the verge of a precipice it was not the time for her nobles to be marrying.

Noblesse oblige.