The
audience had heard Rose in silence, and they preserved the same
tranquillity when she had done. This was a rare tribute to a
prisoner from the people of the Reign of Terror.
The president looked round at his colleagues, and shook his head
suspiciously.
"This statement of the female prisoner's complicates the matter
very seriously," said he. "Is there anybody in court," he added,
looking at the persons behind his chair, "who knows where the
mother of Superintendent Danville and the servant are now?"
Lomaque came forward at the appeal, and placed himself by the
table.
"Why, citizen agent!" continued the president, looking hard at
him, "are you overcome by the heat, too?"
"The fit seemed to take him, citizen president, when the female
prisoner had made an end of her statement," exclaimed Magloire,
pressing forward officiously.
Lomaque gave his subordinate a look which sent the man back
directly to the shelter of the official group; then said, in
lower tones than were customary with him:
"I have received information relative to the mother of
Superintendent Danville and the servant, and am ready to answer
any questions that may be put to me."
"Where are they now?" asked the president.
"She and the servant are known to have crossed the frontier, and
are supposed to be on their way to Cologne. But, since they have
entered Germany, their whereabouts is necessarily a matter of
uncertainty to the republican authorities.
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