Many of the moderate deputies had been seized, others had sought safety in flight, and the search for suspected persons was carried on vigorously.

Difficult and dangerous as it would be to endeavour to travel through France with three girls, he would have attempted it without hesitation rather than remain in Paris had it not been for Victor de Gisons.
One day a week after the massacres at the prisons he received another terrible shock.

He had bought a paper from one of the men shouting them for sale in the street, and sat down in the garden of the Tuileries to read it.

A great portion of the space was filled with lists of the enemies of the people who had been, as it was called, executed.

As these lists had formed the staple of news for several days Harry scarce glanced at the names, his eye travelling rapidly down the list until he gave a start and a low cry.