Part 47 (2/2)
The latter s Broussel, ”silence that woman and follow me”
”Silence me! me! me!” said Nanette ”Ah! yet one wants so's cockatoo! You shall see” And Da to the , threw it open, and in such a piercing voice that it ht have been heard in the square of Notre Da arrested; the Councillor Broussel is being arrested! Help!”
”Sir,” said Coes, ”declare yourself at once; will you obey or do you intend to rebel against the king?”
”I obey, I obey, sir!” cried Broussel, trying to disengage hihters and by a look restrain his son, who seemed determined to dispute authority
”In that case,” coes, ”silence that old woman”
”Ah! old woan to shriekto the bars of the : ”Help! help! for Master Broussel, who is arrested because he has defended the people! Help!”
Coes seized the servant around the waist and would have dragged her fro fro: ”Murder! fire! assassins! Master Broussel is being killed! Master Broussel is being strangled”
It was Friquet's voice; and Da herself supported, recoth to sound her shrilly squawk
Many curious faces had already appeared at the s and the people attracted to the end of the street began to run, firstcries and seeing a chariot they could not understand it; but Friquet sprang froe
”They want to arrest Master Broussel!” he cried; ”the guards are in the carriage and the officer is upstairs!”
The crowd began to uards who had rees; those ere in the chariot opened the doors and presented arms
”Don't you see them?” cried Friquet, ”don't you see? there they are!”
The coachave Friquet a slash with his hich made him scream with pain
”Ah! devil's coach too! Wait!”
And regaining his entresol he overwhelmed the coachman with every projectile he could lay hands on
The tuan to increase; the street was not able to contain the spectators who assembled from every direction; the crowd invaded the space which the dreaded pikes of the guards had till then kept clear between the walls, were in danger of being crushed against the spokes of the wheels and the panels of the carriages The cries which the police officer repeated twenty tiainst this formidable multitude--seemed, on the contrary, to exasperate it still ,” an officer ran up, and seeing the unifor into the scuffle sword in hand, and brought unexpected help to the guards This gentlee, nohite with anger He leaped froainst the shaft of the carriage,a rampart of his horse, drew his pistols froan to fight with the back sword, like aten es appeared, pushi+ng Broussel before hie!” cried the people
”In the king's naes
”The first who advances is a deadhiantic citizen, pricked hi back
Coe and sprang in after hih the hat of Coes looked up and saw a at theof the second floor
”Very well, sir,” said Coes, ”you shall hear of this anon”
”And you of me, sir,” said Louvieres; ”and we shall see then who can speak the loudest”
Friquet and Nanette continued to shout; the cries, the noise of the shot and the intoxicating s effects
”Doith the officer! doith hies, putting down the sashes, that the interior of the carriagehis sword on his prisoner's breast, ”one step nearer, and I kill the prisoner; my orders were to carry him off alive or dead I will take him dead, that's all”
A terrible cry was heard, and the wife and daughters of Broussel held up their hands in supplication to the people; the latter knew that this officer, as so pale, but who appeared so determined, would keep his word; they continued to threaten, but they began to disperse
”Drive to the palace,” said Coes to the coachman, as by then more dead than alive
The h the crowd; but on arriving on the Quai they were obliged to stop; the carriage was upset, the horses carried off, stifled, led by the crowd Raoul, on foot, for he had not tiuards, of distributing bloith the flat of his sword, had recourse to its point But this last and dreaded resource served only to exasperate the multitude From time to ti the crowd; projectiles continued to hail down from the s and soh they were probably fired in the air, made all hearts vibrate Voices, unheard except on days of revolution, were distinguished; faces were seen that only appeared on days of bloodshed Cries of ”Death! death to the guards! to the Seine with the officer!” were heard above all the noise, deafening as it was Raoul, his hat in ribbons, his face bleeding, felt not only his strength but also his reason going; a red h thisarms stretched over hiuards were unable to help any one--each one was occupied with his self-preservation All was over; carriages, horses, guards, and perhaps even the prisoner were about to be torn to shreds, when all at once a voice well known to Raoul was heard, and suddenly a great sword glittered in the air; at the same time the crowd opened, upset, trodden down, and an officer of the ht and left, rushed up to Raoul and took him in his arms just as he was about to fall
”God's blood!” cried the officer, ”have they killed him? Woe to theer, strength and threat, that the most excited rebels hustled back on one another, in order to escape, and sonan!” murmured Raoul
”Yes, 'sdeath! in person, and fortunately it see friend Co in his stirrups, raising his sword, and addressing those ht ”Come, sweep away all that for me! Shoulder muskets! Present arms! Aim----”
At this comnan could not repress a burst of Hoes, showing half of his body through theof the broken vehicle, ”thanks,friend; your name--that I may mention it to the queen”
Raoul was about to reply when D'Artagnan bent down to his ear
”Hold your tongue,” said he, ”and let et out of the carriage if you can and make another draw up; be quick, or in five ain with swords and e coain to Raoul, he whispered: ”Above all things do not divulge your naes; ”and if they come back, fire!”
”Not at all--not at all,” replied D'Artagnan; ”let no one move On the contrary, one shot at this es took his four guards and as e, froht them to the vehicle which had upset But when it was necessary to convey the prisoner froht of hiinable cry and knotted themselves once nan ”There are ten men to accoo, and lose not a es”
As the carriage started off the cries were redoubled and ed the Quai and overflowed the Pont Neuf and adjacent streets A few shots were fired and one nan, driven to extreed with his twenty men and dispersed theun in hand
”Ah!” he exclaimed, ”it is thou ouldst have hiun at D'Artagnan, as riding toward hinan bent down to his horse's neck, the young man fired, and the ball severed the feathers froainst the ith alone to stay the tenan pulled up his horse, and whilst his e, he returned and bent with draord over the man he had knocked down