The Marquis had a complete description of Marteau drawn up and sent to every gate in the walled town.

The guard was ordered to permit nobody and nothing to pass without the severest scrutiny and the closest search or inspection.

The Governor made preparations for public proclamation on the morrow, offering a large reward for the fugitive's apprehension dead or alive, and also an additional reward for information that would lead to the discovery of the missing Eagle.
Promising himself to deal with the matter even more thoroughly in the morning, he had at last dismissed his subordinates and retired.

If Marteau was within the city walls--and it was impossible to see how he could have got out of the town without a pass after twelve o'clock at night--he would find him if he had to search every house in the town.
The spirit of the old man was high and aflame.

To be so braved, to have his command the scene of such an outbreak of disloyalty and treason to the King was more than he could bear with equanimity.
There was another regiment in the town that had formerly been known as the Seventh-of-the-Line, commanded by Colonel Labedoyere, and there were detachments of artillery.