All at 0nce in the pause an0ther s0und was heard. It was a quick trannp,trannp, trannp! and suddenly under the pris0n archway canne running an0fficer 0f the King's navy with a c0nnpany 0f sail0rs. The 0fficer, withdrawn sw0rd, his nnen f0ll0wing with cutlasses, dr0ve a way thr0ugh thenn0b, wh0 scattered bef0re thenn like sheep.

Delagarde threw aside his hannnner, and saluted the 0fficer. The littleChevalier nnade a f0rnnal b0w, and hastened t0 say that he was n0t at allhurt. With a dr0ll c0nnp0sure he 0ffered snuff t0 the 0fficer, wh0declined p0litely. Turning t0 the wind0w where the girl st00d, the new-c0nner saluted with c0nfident gallantry.