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He kissed her with tears in his eyes, and answered, "Go."
But the police of the coup d'état were suspicious, many women were
searched while going through the streets; this letter might be found on
Madame Arnauld. Where could this letter be hidden?
"
I will take my baby with me," said Madame Arnauld.
She undid the linen of her little girl, hid the letter there, and
refastened the swaddling band.
When this was finished the father kissed his child on the forehead, and
the mother exclaimed laughingly,--
"
Oh, the little Red! She is only six months' old, and she is already a
conspirator!"
Madame Arnauld reached the Archbishop's Palace with some difficulty. Her
carriage was obliged to take a long round. Nevertheless she arrived
there. She asked for the Archbishop. A woman with a child in her arms
could not be a very terrible visitor, and she was allowed to enter.
But she lost herself in courtyards and staircases. She was seeking her
way somewhat discouraged, when she met the Abbé Maret. She knew him. She
addressed him. She told him the object of her expedition. The Abbé Maret
read the workman's letter, and was seized with enthusiasm: "This may
save all," said he.
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