terror
more than courage that produces heroes; I pray, _citoyen_, you may not
one day see prodigies of terror arrayed against you!"

The engraver Desmahis, in love that week with a light o' love of the
Palais-Egalite named Flora, a brown-locked giantess, had nevertheless
found five minutes to congratulate his comrade and tell him that such an
appointment was a great compliment to the fine arts.

Elodie herself, though without knowing it she detested everything
revolutionary and who dreaded official functions as the most dangerous
of rivals, the most likely to estrange her lover's affections, the
tender Elodie was impressed by the glamour attaching to a magistrate
called upon to pronounce judgment in matters of life and death. Besides
which, Evariste's promotion as a juryman was followed by other fortunate
results that filled her loving heart with satisfaction; the _citoyen_
Jean Blaise made a point of calling at the studio in the Place de
Thionville and embraced the young juror affectionately in a burst of
manly sympathy.

Like all the anti-revolutionaries, he had a great respect for the
authorities established by the Republic, and ever since he had been
denounced for fraud in connection with his supplies for the army, the
Revolutionary Tribunal had inspired him with a wholesome dread. He felt
himself to be a person too much in the public eye and mixed up in too
many transactions to enjoy perfect security; so the _citoyen_ Gamelin
struck him as a friend worth cultivating. When all was said, one was a
good citizen and on the side of justice.

He gave the painter magistrate his hand, declaring himself his true
friend and a true patriot, a well-wisher of the arts and of liberty.
Gamelin forgot his injuries and pressed the hand so generously offered.

"_Citoyen_ Evariste Gamelin," said Jean Blaise, "I appeal to you as a
friend and as a man of talent. I am going to take you to-morrow for two
days' jaunt in the country; you can do some drawing and we can enjoy a
talk."

Several times every year the print-dealer was in the habit of making a
two or three days' expedition of this sort in the company of artists who
made drawings, according to his suggestions, of landscapes and ruins. He
was quick to see what would please the public and these little journeys
always resulted in some picturesque bits which were then finished at
home and cleverly engraved; prints in red or colours were struck off
from these, and brought in a g