Note 17 — Chapter XXIV · LOUISE GAUTHIER FALLS INTO DANGEROUS HANDS

‘We set fire to the outer wood-work of the house, and then raised the cry Au feu! In half a minute our beauty rushed into the street, as you now see her. We heard the Garde Bourgeois approaching; we hurried her off to the chaise à porteurs we had at the corner—brought her to the porte-derobée—and here we are.’17