[In the Reign of Terror by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookIn the Reign of Terror CHAPTER VI 5/28
Not that the marquis thought it probable they would be included in the order of arrest, but he said there was no knowing now to what lengths the mob might go and he thought it better that they should disappear altogether for the present.
Ernest and Jules went away in disguise with Monsieur du Tillet.
After seeing the young ladies in safety this morning I went down to see what had happened at your father's mansion, in order to assuage Mademoiselle de St.Caux's anxiety respecting your safety, and found, as I expected, that the duke had been arrested, and learned that a party were inside waiting to arrest you on your return. "I thank you indeed," Victor said, "and most warmly.
I do not know what to do.
My father is most anxious that I should cross the frontier, but I cannot go so long as he and Marie are in danger." "If you enter Paris as you are," Harry said, "you are certain to be arrested.
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