No! Barras and all the other scoundrels began to perceive that there was only one way out of the difficulty into which they had blundered.

The Dauphin must die! So the dumb boy disappeared.

One wonders whither he went and what his fate might be--" "With so much to tell," put in Dormer Colville, musingly; "so much unspoken." It was odd how the roles had been reversed.

For the Marquis de Gemosac was now eagerly seeking to convince his companion.

The surest way to persuade a man is to lead him to persuade himself.
"The only solution was for the Dauphin to die--in public.