"Henriot," he exclaimed in his next breath, "order every route leading out of the city guarded. Lodge information at every section for the arrest of Robert Tournay, and of one other, a woman." "Yes, citizen president, and who"-- "Wait, I will write her description for you," cried Robespierre. "There it is. Now be prompt, my patriot. We can still recapture our prisoner, and then"--He did not complete the sentence, but his teeth came together with a snap, and he drew his thin lips over them tightly. CHAPTER XXV NO. 7 RUE D'ARCIS The order signed by Robespierre for the immediate release of a prisoner had not been questioned by the keeper of the conciergerie, and within a few minutes from the time when Edmé presented the document with a heart fluctuating between the wildest hope and the greatest fear, Colonel Tournay walked out of the prison a free man. The sudden manner of his release, the fact that it had been effected by Edmé's own daring and sagacity, and that he owed his life to her whom he loved, made his brain reel. Then the recognition of the danger that still menaced him, and above all the woman who was by his side, brought him back to himself, and he was again cool, alert, and determined as she had always known him. Drawing her arm through his and walking rapidly in the shadows of Rue Barillerie, he said quickly:-- "The pursuit will be instant. Robespierre will ransack all Paris to find us. But I know a hiding-place. Come quickly." She looked up at him. "I feel perfectly safe now," she said, and together they hurried onward. Suddenly she stopped. "But how about Agatha!" she exclaimed, as the thought of her faithful companion came to her mind for the time. "Agatha! Where is she?" asked Tournay almost impatiently, chafing at a moment's delay. "At the Citizeness Privat's in the Rue Vaugirard. They will surely find and arrest her. Robert, we must not let them." "The delay may mean the difference between life and death," replied Tournay, turning in the direction of the Rue Vaugirard; "but we must not let Agatha fall into Robespierre's clutches." In a few minutes they passed up the Rue Vaugirard. "Which is the house?" asked Tournay anxiously. "There; the small one with the blinds drawn down. Agatha will be anxiously waiting for me, I know. There she is now in the doorway. She sees us! Agatha, quick! Never mind your hat or cloak. Ask no questions. Now Robert, take us where you will." Passing Edmé's arm through his own, and with Agatha on the other side, Tournay conducted the two women rapidly down the street. At the same moment gendarmes were running in all directions carrying Robespierre's orders.