Persistence would have been unreasonable.

He withdrew.
He returned to the room where his colleagues were awaiting him.
In the meantime the Commissary of the Arsenal Police had come back.
He had ended by succeeding in "unearthing"-- such was his expression--the High Court.

He penetrated as far as the Council Chamber of the Civil Chamber; at that moment he had still no other escort than the few police agents of the morning.

A boy was passing by.

The Commissary asked him the whereabouts of the High Court.