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The Novels and Poems of Victor Marie Hugo (13)
The Novels and Poems of Victor Marie Hugo - 13 Author:Victor Hugo Volume: 13 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1888 Original Publisher: Dumont Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you ... more »can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER H. PARIS SLEEPS: A RING AT THE BELL. On the second of December, 1851, Representative Versigny, of the Haute-Saone, -- who while in Paris lived at No. 4 Rue Leonie, -- was asleep. He slept very soundly; he had worked part of the night. Versigny was a young man, thirty-two years old, fair haired, gentle of countenance, energetic of mind, with a bent toward social and economical studies. He had passed the first portion of the night in reading and annotating a book by Bastiat; then, placing the open book upon the table, he fell asleep. All at once he was awakened by a sharp ring at the bell. He sat upright. Daylight had come. It was about seven o'clock in the morning. Not expecting a visit at so early an hour, and thinking that some one had mistaken the door, he lay down again, and was about to fall asleep once more when a second ring, more emphatic than the first, awoke him thoroughly. He got up in his night-shirt and went to the door. Michel de Bourges and Theodore Bac entered. Michel de Bourges was Versigny's neighbor. He lived at No. 16, Rue de Milan. Theodore Bac and Michel were pale, and seemed to be greatly agitated. " Versigny," said Michel, " dress yourself quickly. Baune has been arrested." "Bah," cried Versigny, "is it the Mauguin business over again ? " " It is something more serious," replied Michel. " Baune's wife and daughter came to my house half an hour ago. They had me awakened. Baune was arrested in his bed at six o'clock this morning." " What does it all mean ? " demanded Versigny. There was another ring at the door. " There is some...« less