"Then, Baroness," said the Monarch to Lady Tourzel, "be good enough to find the passports and give them to the gentleman."
The old lady understood what the speaker meant by saying "find!" so she went to seeking in the pockets where it was not likely to be.
"Nonsense," said one of the crowd, "don't you see that they have not got any passport."
The voice was fretful and full of menace too.
"Excuse me, sir," said the Queen, "my lady the baroness has the paper but not knowing that it would be called for, she does not know where she put it."
The bystanders began to hoot, showing that they were not dupes of the trick.
"There is a plainer way," said Sausse: "postillions, drive on to my store, where the ladies and gentlemen can go in while the matter is cleared up. Go ahead, boys! Soldiers of the National Guard, escort the carriage."
This invitation was too much like an order to be dallied with.
Besides resistance would probably not have succeeded for the bells continued to ring and the drum to beat so that the crowd was considerably augmented, as the carriage moved on.