as to forgive and applaud me.

The aforesaid paper observed that M. Dumas had doubtless spent
but one night in Lyons because a city of such slight literary
standing was not worthy of his longer sojourn. M. Dumas had not
thought about this at all. He had spent but one night at Lyons
because he was in a hurry to reach Bourg. And no sooner had M.
Dumas arrived at Bourg than he asked to be directed to the office
of its leading newspaper.

I knew that it was under the management of a distinguished
archeologist, who was also the editor of my friend Baux's work
on the church of Brou.

I asked for M. Milliet. M. Milliet appeared. We shook hands and
I explained the object of my visit.

"I can fix you perfectly," said he to me. "I will take you to
one of our magistrates, who is at present engaged upon a history
of the department."

"How far has he got in this history?"

"1822."

"Then that's all right. As the events I want to relate occurred
in 1799, and my heroes were executed in 1800, he will have covered
that epoch, and can furnish me with the desired information.
Let us go to your magistrate."