6/53 He has escaped the commissaires for some days." "I thought so. Is his name on the registers ?" "No. He escaped arrest, and has just been brought in, as you saw." "Antoine," said the priest, in a low voice, and with a gaze that seemed to pierce the soul of the weak little gaoler; "Antoine, when you were a shoemaker in the Rue de la Croix, in two or three hard winters I think you found me a friend." "Oh! Monsieur le Cure," said Antoine, writhing; "if Monsieur le Cure would believe that if I could save his life! But--" "Pshaw!" said the priest, "it is not for myself, but for this boy. |