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On eoire descended the Rue Saint-Antoine with the swiftness of a runaway horse On arriving at the Baudoyer gate, he walked straight to the stone cross which rose in the uish in the darkness the figure of a man clad and cloaked in black, as seated on the steps of the cross

"Is it you, e in black rose

"Death and passion! You oire The man on the tower of Saint-Gervais has just cried half-past one o'clock in the oire, "'tis no fault ofI have just had a narrow escape I always just'Tis ," said the other "But come quickly Have you the password?"

"Fancy,I come from him He wears fustian breeches 'Tis an adventure"

"Oh! distaff of words! what is your adventure to me! Have you the password of the outcasts?"

"I have it Be at ease 'Little sword in pocket'"

"Good Otherwise, we could not make our way as far as the church The outcasts bar the streets Fortunately, it appears that they have encountered resistance We et into Notre-Daet out again?"

"Behind the cloister there is a little door which opens on the Terrain and the water I have taken the key to it, and I "

"I have had a beautiful escape frooire repeated

"Eh, quick! come!" said the other

Both descended towards the city with long strides