One of my objects, in sending Pierre down into the town again, is to learn what has taken place at the Louvre.

It may be that this fiendish massacre has extended there, and that even the King of Navarre, and the Huguenot gentlemen with him, have shared the fate of the others.

Should it not be so, it would be best in every way that what you suggest should be carried out.
"As for the Sieur de Pascal, it may be that the blow, that has bereft you of your good father, may well have fallen upon him, also." "But many will surely escape, as we have done.

It cannot be that all our friends--all those who rode in with the princes--can have been murdered." "Some have doubtless escaped; but I fear that the massacre will be almost universal, for it has evidently been carefully planned and, once begun, will extend not only to the followers of Navarre, but to all the Protestants within the walls of Paris." "Do you know aught concerning the Sieur de Pascal ?" Claire asked, looking up.
Something in the tone of his voice struck her.
"I saw him fall, mademoiselle.

He had made for the door of your house, doubtless with the intention of joining your father in defending it to the last; but the murderers were already there.