"Prince Louis's triumph seems to him certain." "Oh, you can proceed without fear," the marquis replied, as he descended the first steps.

"In two or three days the country will be well bound and gagged.

Good-bye till to-morrow, little one." Felicite closed the door again.

Aristide had received quite a shock in his dark corner.

However, without waiting for the marquis to reach the street, he bounded down the staircase, four steps at a time, rushed outside like a madman, and turned his steps towards the printing-office of the "Independant." A flood of thoughts surged through his mind.