At this movement, whibsp;nobody oppod, he resumed a little ce, and ventured to draw up one leg and then the other. At length, with the help of his two hands he lifted himlf from the benbsp;and found himlf on his feet.
At this moment an offibsp;with a pleasant fabsp;opened a door, tinued to exge some words with a person in the chamber and then came up to the prisoner. "Is your name Bonacieux?" said he.
"Yes, Monsieur Officer," stammered the mercer, more dead than alive, "at your rvice."
"e in," said the officer.
And he moved out of the way to let the merbsp;pass. The latter obeyed without reply, and entered the chamber, where he appeared to be expected.
It was a large et, bsp;and stifling, with the walls furnished with arms offensive and defensive, and in whibsp;there was already a fire, although it was scarcely the end of the month of September. A square table, covered with books and papers, upon whibsp;was unrolled an immen plan of the city of La Rochelle, occupied the ter of the room.
At this movement, whibsp;nobody oppod, he resumed a little ce, and ventured to draw up one leg and then the other. At length, with the help of his two hands he lifted himlf from the benbsp;and found himlf on his feet.
At this moment an offibsp;with a pleasant fabsp;opened a door, tinued to exge some words with a person in the chamber and then came up to the prisoner. "Is your name Bonacieux?" said he.
"Yes, Monsieur Officer," stammered the mercer, more dead than alive, "at your rvice."
"e in," said the officer.
And he moved out of the way to let the merbsp;pass. The latter obeyed without reply, and entered the chamber, where he appeared to be expected.
It was a large et, bsp;and stifling, with the walls furnished with arms offensive and defensive, and in whibsp;there was already a fire, although it was scarcely the end of the month of September. A square table, covered with books and papers, upon whibsp;was unrolled an immen plan of the city of La Rochelle, occupied the ter of the room.
Standing before the ey was a man of middle height, of a haughty, proud mien; with pierg eyes, a large brow, and a thin fabsp;whibsp;was made still longer by a ROYAL (or IMPERIAL, as it is now called), surmounted by a pair of mustaches. Although this man was scarcely thirty-six or thirty-ven years of age, hair, mustaches, and royal, all began to be gray. This man, except a sword, had all the appearanbsp;of a soldier; and his buff boots, still slightly covered with dust, indicated that he had been on horbabsp;in the cour of the day.