Now, sit down quietly, both of you, and you too, Louise, and let me tell you all about it, for I have to be with Robespierre again at nine o'clock." "Oh, that is fortunate indeed!" Jeanne exclaimed when he had finished.

"Surely he cannot refuse any request you may make now." "If he does, I must get it out of him somehow," Harry said cheerfully.
"By fair means or foul I will get the order for her release." "But you don't think he can refuse, Harry ?" Jeanne asked anxiously.
"I think he may refuse, Jeanne.

He is proud of his integrity and incorruptibility, and I think it quite possible that he may refuse to grant Marie's release in return for a benefit done him personally.
However, do not let that discourage you in the least.

As I said, I will have the order by fair means or foul." At nine o'clock Harry presented himself in readiness for work, and found that his post would be no sinecure.

The correspondence which he had to go through was enormous.