CHAPTER XLVI.

THE TOWER OF ST. JACQUES-DE-LA-BOUCHERIE. At a quarter to six o'clock, Monsieur de Gondy, having finished all his business, returned to the ecclesiastical palace. At six o'clock the curate of St. Merri was announced. The Coadjutor glanced rapidly behind and saw that he was followed by another man. The curate then entered, and with him, Planchet. "Your holiness," said the curate, "here is the person of whom I had the honour of speaking to you." "And you are disposed to serve the cause of the people?" asked Gondy. "M…