He was in no state to fight, to show himself gay and insolent in presence of the joy which the lovers so openly and naively expressed.

And he was glad of the respite which the arrival of the King and Queen at this moment offered him.

"Ah! here are their Majesties!" he exclaimed, turning towards the window.

"Look at the scramble in the street!" Although the windows were closed, a tumult could be heard rising from the footways.

And Pierre on looking down saw, by the light of the electric lamps, a sea of human heads pour over the road and encompass the carriages.