He learned that the list of prisoners was being taken, now, more in the order in which they stood.

The farce of a trial had been gone through, in the case of Jean's wife, and she had of course been condemned.

She stood a good deal lower on the list than his father.

There was not much chance of the day of her execution being settled before the arrival of the Vendean forces.

The number of names, however, above that of Monsieur Martin was rapidly decreasing, and there was imminent danger that he might be included in the fatal list before their arrival.
On the twenty-sixth of June the Vendeans arrived within a few miles of the town, and a formal summons was sent in to the generals.