"Be sure that I shall come," said Toulan, earnestly. "Give me your hand, and let me thank you for your delicate act of kindness. I certainly did you a wrong, for I did not hold you capable of such a deed. I thank you, Simon, I thank you from my heart; and to-morrow morning, punctually at nine, I shall be here to receive my precious possession. Farewell till then, Simon! I have no quiet now, but must run around and see whether every thing seems as usual in the Temple, and our secret undiscovered." He hastened away, and disappeared around the corner.
The whole day Simon was busy with his own thoughts, and engaged in arranging the furniture, with his mind clearly not on his work. In the afternoon he declared that he must go to the Temple again, because in the upper corridor he had left a chest with some utensils in it which were his.
"It seems to me, husband, you are homesick for the Temple," said Jeanne Marie jestingly, "and you are sad because you are no longer in the old, black walls."
"Yes, I am homesick for the Temple," replied Simon, "and that is why
I go there."
But he did not take the way to the Temple, but to the city hall, and rang the bell so violently that the porter dashed to the door to open it.
"It is you, citizen," he ejaculated. "I thought something must have happened."
"Something has happened, and I have come to inform the Committee of
Safety," answered Simon, impetuously.
"Has it met?"
"Yes, it is in the little council-chamber. You will find an officer at the door, and can let him announce you."
Simon strode forward and found the sentinel before the door, who asked him what his business there was.