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But, he was not far off, for presently she heard a troubled

movement and a shouting coming along, which filled her with fear.

A moment afterwards, and a throng of people came pouring round

the corner by the prison wall, in the midst of whom was the

wood-sawyer hand in hand with The Vengeance. There could not be

fewer than five hundred people, and they were dancing like five

thousand demons. There was no other music than their own singing.

They danced to the popular Revolution song, keeping a ferocious

time that was like a gnashing of teeth in unison. Men and women

danced together, women danced together, men danced together, as

hazard had brought them together. At first, they were a mere

storm of coarse red caps and coarse woollen rags; but, as they

filled the place, and stopped to dance about Lucie, some ghastly

apparition of a dance-figure gone raving mad arose among them.