"Oh! he has done better than wait for the decision of Saint-Just."
"What has he done?"
"He escaped last night."
"And he hasn't been caught again?"
"No, not yet."
"I am glad of that. He was a friend of my father's, and I was very fond of him also."
"Don't boast of that here."
"And what about my two compatriots?"
"Messieurs Ballu and Dumont?"
"Yes, why did they stay, since the man they came to rescue has escaped?"