"Come, citizeness, none of that; you cannot speak to the prisoner," growled Henriot a second time.
"I was afraid of this," she whispered in Tournay's ear.
"Will you take a message for me?" he asked in a quick whisper.
"Yes."
"Go to Gaillard, 15 Rue des Mathurins, wait until he comes. Tell him I am arrested. That is all."
With a nod of intelligence, La Liberté left his side and disappeared in the darkness.
CHAPTER XVII
PIERRE AND JEAN
As Gaillard stepped out from the theatre into a dark side street a hand fell upon his right shoulder. He looked around and saw a tall gendarme standing by his side. The prospect did not please him, so he turned to the left and saw another gendarme standing there. This one was short, and stout with a smile on his red face. Then Gaillard stopped.