Denot." "He is in the great salon, with Santerre, and Father Jerome, and the Chevalier, and three or four of the lads from Echanbroignes." "Charles," said he, as he reached the door of the salon, "do you go in.
You are better able to say what should be said, and to do what must be done, than I am.

I will go up to my father.

But, Charles," and he spoke into his ear, so that no one else should hear him, "save his life--for my sake, save his life.

He is mad, and does not know what he has been doing." De Lescure pressed his cousin's hand, and as Henri ran up stairs to his father, he entered the room, where the party abovementioned were sitting.
The occupants of the room certainly formed a very remarkable group.

The first person whom de Lescure saw was Adolphe Denot; he was seated in a large arm-chair, placed against the wall immediately opposite the door, and between the stove and the folding-doors which opened into the other room.