"'Positive.'
"'You love the emperor?'
"'I am his faithful servant.'
"'Thank Heaven. Would you assist me to reach Paris?'
"'Paris?' I repeated in astonishment.
"'Yes, I must reach the capital as soon as possible. I must rescue the emperor.'
"'The roads are not safe,' I hesitatingly replied, 'and if you have no passport—'
"'You are an official,' he interrupted me, 'perhaps a judge?'
"'I am what is called in England attorney for the crown.'
"'Ah, in England there are no judges,' he violently said. 'In England are only hangmen! Thank God I am in France; and my ancestors were French.'