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"Versigny," said Michel, "dress yourself at once--Baune has just been
arrested."
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Bah!" exclaimed Versigny. "Is the Mauguin business beginning again?"
It is more than that," replied Michel. "Baune's wife and daughter came
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to me half-an-hour ago. They awoke me. Baune was arrested in bed at six
o'clock this morning."
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What does that mean?" asked Versigny.
The bell rang again.
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This will probably tell us," answered Michel de Bourges.
Versigny opened the door. It was the Representative Pierre Lefranc. He
brought, in truth, the solution of the enigma.
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Do you know what is happening?" said he.
Yes," answered Michel. "Baune is in prison."
It is the Republic who is a prisoner," said Pierre Lefranc. "Have you
read the placards?"
"No."
Pierre Lefranc explained to them that the walls at that moment were
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