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Rh work kept you up last night?

was not the work, but the worry.

seem preoccupied—as if some great catastrophe were about to happen.

, a catastrophe.

't you prevent it?

, I must bring it about, on the contrary.

course, I have no right to ask questions, but you mustn't be sad today. We're having a festival. Le Bas and Saint-Just came back from the army last night.

-Just returned! Good: I need him.

I forgot to tell you: a general came here and wanted to see you, General Westermann. He came before sunrise, but I wouldn't let him in. He said he would come back in an hour. Will you receive him?

don't know.

waited a long time in the yard—in the rain.

well.

an awful night! I came in soaked to the skin.

were you?

the Markets. I was waiting in line since midnight. They were pushing so! You had to keep your eyes open, or some one would take your place! The moment they opened, every one