"I was telling you that in the Citizen Hébert you see a good patriot; and Hébert has made a motion to return the Austrian to the Temple."
"And why so?"
"Faith! because he pretends that she was only withdrawn from the Temple to remove her from the immediate inspection of the Commune of Paris."
"Yes; and from the attempts of that cursed Maison-Rouge," said Gilbert; "it seems too that the subterranean passage still exists."
"That was the reply the Citizen Sauterre made; but Hébert said, the instant that was defeated there was no more danger; that at the Temple, fewer precautions were requisite for the security of Marie Antoinette than here; and finally, that the Temple was a much more secure place than the Conciergerie."
"Faith!" said Gilbert, "for my part, I wish they would remove her again to the Temple."
"I understand; you are tired of the confinement?"
"No; but it makes me melancholy."
Maison-Rouge coughed loudly, as the noise of the file biting through the iron bar was distinctly heard.