"Monseigneur, let me at all events inform Bathilde."

"That is just the thing. Bathilde must not be informed."

The body of the captain lay stretched on the floor, swimming in a sea of blood.—Page [408].

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"But you will permit that the first time I go out—"

"As long as you remain here you will not go out."

"But," cried Buvat, with terror, "but I am then a prisoner?"

"A State prisoner, as you have said, my dear Buvat: but calm yourself; your captivity will not be long, and while it lasts we will take of you all the care which is the due of the savior of France, for you have saved France, Monsieur Buvat."