The Questor appealed to them in the name of military honor.

"Do not answer," said the _sergent de ville_ to the soldiers.
M.Baze's two little girls had followed him with terrified eyes, and when they lost sight of him the youngest burst into tears.

"Sister," said the elder, who was seven years old, "let us say our prayers," and the two children, clasping their hands, knelt down.
Commissary Primorin, with his swarm of agents, burst into the Questor's study, and laid hands on everything.

The first papers which he perceived on the middle of the table, and which he seized, were the famous decrees which had been prepared in the event of the Assembly having voted the proposal of the Questors.

All the drawers were opened and searched.