"Adieu for a time."
"Adieu, Gaston."
And Helene returned to the pavilion. Gaston procured a horse, saddled, mounted, and left Paris by the same gate by which he had entered some days previously.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
NANTES.
The commission named by Dubois was to be permanent. Invested with unlimited powers, which in certain cases means that the decision is settled beforehand, they besieged the earth, supported by strong detachments of troops.
Since the arrest of the four gentlemen, Nantes, terrified at first, had risen in their favor. The whole of Bretagne awaited a revolt, but in the meanwhile was quiet.
However, the trial was approaching. On the eve of the public audience, Pontcalec held a serious conversation with his friends.
"Let us consider," said he, "whether in word or deed we have committed any imprudence."
"No," said the other three.