From the latter he learnt something of the state of affairs.

Already the revolution was an accepted fact; already business was being resumed throughout the city.
Abroad the downfall of the Council had been received for the most part with delight.

Nowhere was the Council popular, and the thousand cities of Western America, after two hundred years still jealous of New York, London, and the East, had risen almost unanimously two days before at the news of Graham's imprisonment.

Paris was fighting within itself.

The rest of the world hung in suspense.
While he was breaking his fast, the sound of a telephone bell jetted from a corner, and his chief attendant called his attention to the voice of Ostrog making polite enquiries.