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"I suppose," said Tinville, who was loth to give up his position as leader of these extremists "I suppose, Citizen Lenoir, that you are in position to furnish me with proofs of the Citizen-Deputy's guilt?" "If I furnish you with such proofs, Citizen Tinville," retorted the other, "will you, as Public Prosecutor, carry the indictment through?"
Obviously at the present moment, if Juliette's fate had been put to the plebiscite, she would have been unanimously acquitted. Merlin, as Deroulede spoke, had once or twice tried to read his friend Foucquier-Tinville's enigmatical expression, but the Public Prosecutor, with his face in deep shadow, had not moved a muscle during the Citizen-Deputy's noble peroration.
As quickly and as dexterously as she could, she was tearing open the heavy leather case with a sharp pair of scissors, and very soon its contents were scattered before her on the table. One glance at them was sufficient to convince her that most of the papers would undoubtedly, if found, send Deroulede to the guillotine. Most of the correspondence was in the Citizen-Deputy's handwriting.
Juliette after a second's hesitation threw it among her dresses in the valise. Then she too went out of the room. A happy moment. The search in the Citizen-Deputy's bedroom had proved as fruitless as that in his study. Merlin was beginning to have vague doubts as to whether he had been effectively fooled. His manner towards Deroulede had undergone a change.
When he had answered all the question put to him, and Merlin just returned from his errand at the Luxembourg Prison had given his version of the domiciliary visitation in the Citizen-Deputy's house, the latter was briefly told that for the moment the Republic had no grievance against him. But he knew quite well what that meant.
Isn't that so, Monsieur Merlin?" added the giant, with a mock bow, and emphasising the appellation which had fallen into complete disuse in these days of equality. "My patriotism is too well known," said Merlin roughly, "to fear any attacks from jealous enemies; and as for my search in the Citizen-Deputy's house this afternoon, I was told to find proofs against him, and I found none."
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