I will speak to them.

They are not accustomed to hear me speak to them in numbers, as they are to you, and that of itself will make them inclined to listen to me.

I will beg them to spare the unfortunate man, and I think they will not refuse me." She got up and walked to the door, and her brother did not attempt to stop her.
"Let me go alone, Henri," said she.

"You may, at any rate, be sure that they will not hurt me." And, without waiting for his reply, she descended the stairs, and walked into the hall.

When Chapeau left them, the crowd were collected immediately in the front of the house and on the steps, but none of them had yet forced their way into the chateau; since he had gone upstairs, however, they had pushed open the door, and now filled the hall; although their accustomed respect for the persons and property of those above them, had still kept them from breaking into the room, in which they knew were M.de Lescure and Adolphe Denot.