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Without a passport, without letters, without papers, he was afraid of being arrested in the night, and he was longing for a good sleep. A good bed to-night, he thought, and to-morrow the Deluge! At the Hôtel de Brabant he paid the coachman, but did not go into the hotel. Moreover, he would have asked in vain for the Representatives Forel and Guilgot; both were there under false names.
"ARTICLE I. The ex-Representatives of the Assembly, whose names are found beneath, are expelled from French territory, from Algeria, and from the Colonies, for the sake of public safety: "Edmond Valentine. Charrassin. Paul Racouchot. Bandsept. Agricol Perdiguier. Savoye. Eugène Cholat. Joly. Louis Latrade. Combier. Michel Renaud. Boysset. Duché. Joseph Burgard. Ennery. Jean Colfavru. Guilgot.
"Does any one know Victor Hugo's handwriting?" "I do," said Biscarrat. He looked at the paper. It was my proclamation to the army. "This must be printed," said Petit. "I will undertake it," said Biscarrat. Antoine Bard asked him, "Do you know Victor Hugo?" "He saved my life," answered Biscarrat. The Representatives shook hands with him. Guilgot arrived. Then Versigny. Versigny knew Biscarrat.
He carried his money in a waistband; the pocket-book, which had probably disappeared in the pond, contained his letters, and amongst others an exceedingly useful letter of introduction from his friend M. Ernest Koechlin, to the Representatives Guilgot and Carlos Forel, who at that moment were refugees at Brussels, and lodged at the Hôtel de Brabant.
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