" I am afraid I must be going , Basil , " he murmuredmurmur, " and before I go , I insistinsiston your answering a question I put to you some time ago . "
CHAPTER I PARIS : SEPTEMBER , 1792 A surgingsurge, seethingseethe, murmuringmurmurcrowd of beings that are human only in name , for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures , animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate .