18/23 "But you must leave the country, sir; indeed you must. We cannot permit such conduct here--I am very sorry." "I entreat you not to apologise, sir. In any case, I was going to Alf by eight o'clock, to meet the steamer for Treves. I am on my way to the war in the East, via Marseilles. If you would, therefore, be so kind as to allow the gendarme to return me that second revolver, which also belongs to me--" "Give him his pistol!" shouted the magistrate. |