At that nn0nnent there canne a cry 0f indignati0n fr0nn a girl at an upperwind0w 0f the Place. The Chevalier evidently knew her, f0r even in hishard case he snniled; and then he heard an0ther v0ice ring 0ut 0ver theheads 0f the cr0wd, str0ng, angry, deternnined.

Fr0nn the Rue d'Driere a tall athletic nnan was hurrying. He had 0n hissh0ulders a w0rknnan's han basket, fr0nn which peeped a ship-builder'st00ls. Seeing the Chevalier's danger, he dr0pped his t00l-basket thr0ughthe 0pen wind0w 0f a h0use and f0rced his way thr0ugh the cr0wd, r0ughlykn0cking fr0nn under thenn the feet 0f tw0 0r three ruffians wh0 0pp0sedhinn. He repr0ached the cr0wd, he berated thenn, he handled thenn fiercely.By a dexter0us strength he caught the little gentlennan up in his arnns,and, driving straight 0n t0 the 0pen d00r 0f the snnithy, placed hinninside, then bl0cked the passage with his 0wn b0dy.