There is room there still, though the prisons are filling up again fast." "We must have another jail delivery," one of the committee laughed brutally; and a murmur of assent passed through the chamber.
The order was made out, and Marie was handed over to the armed guard, to be taken with the next batch of prisoners to La Force.
Harry was some twenty yards behind Marie and her companion when Lebat checked his horse before her.

He recognized the man instantly, and saw that Marie's disguise was discovered.

His first impulse was to rush forward to her assistance, but the hopelessness of any attempt at interference instantly struck him, and to the surprise of the two girls, who were looking into a shop, and had not noticed what was occurring, he turned suddenly with them down a side street.
"What are you doing, Harry?
We shall lose the others in the crowd if we do not keep them in sight," Jeanne said.
"I know what I am doing, Jeanne; I will tell you presently." He walked along several streets until he came to an unfrequented thoroughfare.
"There is something wrong, Harry.

I see it in your face!" Jeanne exclaimed.

"Tell us at once.
"It is bad news," Harry said quietly.