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They journeyed by carriage as far as Creil, which is on the railway.
At Creil station the first person whom Charras saw was General
Changarnier.
"
Ah! it is you, General."
The two proscripts embraced each other. Such is exile.
"
What the deuce are they doing with you?" asked the General.
"
What they are probably doing with you. These vagabonds are making me
travel under the name of Vincent."
"And me," said Changarnier, "under the name of Leblanc."
"In that case they ought at least to have called me Lerouge," said
Charras, with a burst of laughter.
In the meantime a group, kept at a distance by the police agents, had
formed round them. People had recognized them and saluted them. A little
child, whose mother could not hold him back, ran quickly to Charras and
took his hand.
They got into the train apparently as free as other travellers. Only
they isolated them in empty compartments, and each was accompanied by
two men, who sat one at the side and the other facing him, and who never
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