[In the Reign of Terror by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookIn the Reign of Terror CHAPTER IX 1/40
CHAPTER IX. Robespierre After dark Harry presented himself at Louise Moulin's. "Have you thought of anything, Harry ?" was Jeanne's first question. She was alone, for Louise was cooking, and Virginie had lain down and cried herself to sleep. "I have thought of a number of things," he replied, for while he had been sitting by Victor's bedside he had turned over in his mind every scheme by which he could get Marie out of prison, "but at present I have fixed upon nothing.
I cannot carry out our original plan of seizing Marat.
It would require more than one to carry out such a scheme, and the friend whom I relied upon before can no longer aid me." "Who is it ?" Jeanne asked quietly.
"Is it Victor de Gisons ?" "What! Bless me, Jeanne!" Harry exclaimed in surprise.
"How did you guess that ?" "I felt sure it was Victor all along," the girl said.
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