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Each of the two Commissaries was followed by that species of police
agent which is called "the Commissary's dog."
At the same time strange warnings reached the Committee; the following
letter[18] was brought to our knowledge.
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3d December.
MY DEAR BOCAGE,
To-day at six o'clock, 25,000 francs has been offered to any one who
arrests or kills Hugo.
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You know where he is. He must not go out under any pretext whatever.
Yours ever,
AL. DUMAS."
At the back was written, "Bocage, 18, Rue Cassette." It was necessary
that the minutest details should be considered. In the different places
of combat a diversity of passwords prevailed, which might cause danger.
For the password on the day before we had given the name of "Baudin." In
imitation of this the names of other Representatives had been adopted as
passwords on barricades. In the Rue Rambuteau the password was "Eugène
Sue and Michel de Bourges;" in the Rue Beaubourg, "Victor Hugo;" at the
Saint Denis chapel, "Esquiros and De Flotte." We thought it necessary to
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