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"True!" said the Marquis. "Yes, as true as the Prince of Darkness."
"Come, old man," said Santerre," we know nothing about Princes, nor yet
about Marquises. You must be content now to call the devil by his plain
name, though I rather believe it has already been decided in Paris, that
the gentleman is nothing but a foul fiction of the aristocrats. Come,
if you wish to save your neck, put your signature to this little
document."
"I will sign nothing that is put before me in such a manner," said the
Marquis.
"Why you have not even read it. Take the pen in your hand, I tell you;
it is only a proclamation of the truth, that you have not taken up arms
against the republic."
Agatha understood the object of the republican General, though her
father did not. She sprang from the corner in which Denot had placed
her, and coming close to her father, whispered to him.
"The gentleman means well to you, father, though his words are rough.
He wishes to save us. He will save both of us, father, if he can.


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