What could be done? Alas! We went out overwhelmed.
It was quite dark. Bancel and Versigny left me.
[26] "Les Châtiments."
CHAPTER II. WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE NIGHT—THE MARKET QUARTER
I came back to my lodging, 19, Rue Richelieu.
The massacre seemed to be at an end; the fusillades were heard no longer. As I was about to knock at the door I hesitated for a moment; a man was there who seemed to be waiting. I went straight up to this man, and I said to him,—
"You seem to be waiting for somebody?"
He answered,—