"I received a letter from my agent to-day; he writes that monsieur was secretly shot at Dillingen." [Footnote 1: Count de Provence, afterward Louis XVIII.] "What! He, too?
Then--" "Hush!" cautiously interposed the elder man.

"That child might not be asleep." "And if she were awake, what could she understand ?" "True; but we must be cautious." He ceased his restless promenade, and came close to the young man's side.

"Everything is at an end here," he added in a lower tone.

"We must remove our treasure to a more secure hiding-place--this very night, indeed, if it be possible." "It is possible," assented his companion.

"The plan of flight was arranged two days ago.