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With these words the poor creature, pale and trembling with excitement, seized my arm and clung to me as a shipwrecked sailor to a spar. "No matter whether you are the daughter of Mme. Ledieu or some one else, as you have no pass, you must go with us to the guard-house." The young girl pressed my arm. I perceived in this pressure the expression of her great distress of mind. I understood it.
"If I did not admit it, you would surmise it, and so my admission would be divested of half its merit." "And you were pursued because you were suspected of being an aristocrat?" "I fear so." "And you are hiding to escape persecution?" "In the Rue Ferou, No. 24, with Mme. Ledieu, whose husband was my father's coachman. You see, I have no secret from you." "And your father?"
"I'm coming!" he exclaimed, addressing those within in his mighty voice with which he could pacify or arouse the masses. He hastened into the house. I remained standing at the door, alone with my unknown. "And now, my lady," I said, "whither would you have me escort you? I am at your disposal." "Why, to Mme. Ledieu," she said with a laugh. "I told you she was my mother." "And where does Mme.
The lady observed me at the same instant, and seeing, by the character of my dress, that I did not belong to the common order of people, she ran toward me, exclaiming: "There is M. Albert! He knows me! He will tell you that I am the daughter of Mme. Ledieu, the laundress."
I find it was well worth the while; for if I had not met you, I should have been dragged to the guard-house, and there it would have been discovered that I am not the daughter of Mme. Ledieu in fact, it would have developed that I am an aristocrat, and in all likelihood they would have cut off my head." "You admit, then, that you are an aristocrat?" "I admit nothing."
Ledieu reside?" "Rue Ferou, 24." "Then, let us proceed to Rue Ferou, 24." On the way neither of us spoke a word. But by the light of the moon, enthroned in serene glory in the sky, I was able to observe her at my leisure.
As I did not have it with me, they were going to take me to the guard-house. I cried out in terror, which brought you to the scene; and as luck would have it, you are a friend. I said to myself, as M. Albert knows my name to be Solange Ledieu, he will vouch for me; and that you will, will you not, M. Albert?" "Certainly, I will vouch for you."
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