Now, then, to the commandant." He gave a few further instructions to the agent, whispering to him in parting, "In a few days our troops will enter; I take it for granted that you will not leave your house till then.

We shall thus meet again." With upraised hands the agent invoked the protection of all the saints in the calendar upon the travelers, locked and bolted the house door behind them, and hid his revolutionary cockade in the stove.
Our friends now hurried on through the tumult, led by the Pole.

The streets were full again; bands of armed men passed by, the populace was in wilder excitement, and the noise greater than on the previous evening.

The houses were thundered at, and an entrance insisted on.
Brandy-casks were rolled on to the flags, and surrounded by drunken men and women.

Every thing denoted that the authorities were not sufficiently strong to enforce street-discipline.