'Curse the fellow! go and see.' The turnkey turned off; he had not reached the end of the corridor, before another came from that direction, met him, and ran towards M. de Launay.
'Well!'
'M. le Gouverneur!' said the jailer, 'the Marquis de Sade is congregating a mob.'
'What is he about? Has he got out?'
'Monsieur, you know that since the cannons on the battlements have been loaded, he has been interdicted the promenade there, and that he has been very angry about it.'
'I know, I know, Lassimotte!'
'Sir! he threatened me, that if I did not procure from your honour a favourable reply to his demand, that he should be allowed to resume his walk on the towers, he would arouse all Paris.'
'You never told me of this.'
'No, sir; I knew your honour did not want to be troubled with these messages. If I were to convey to you one-half of those given me——'