They told him he was about to die.

He continued calm.

A man who has justice on his side does not fear death, for he feels that there are two things within him: one, his body, which may be put to death, the other, justice, whose hands are not bound, nor does its head fall beneath the knife.
They wanted to make Charlet ride in a cart.

"No," said he to the gendarmes, "I will go on foot, I can walk, I am not afraid." There was a great crowd along his route.

Every one in the town knew him and loved him; his friends sought his eye.