e gone back, and ask him when he's coming.'
'Well,' I replied, 'he will probably want another safe-conduct before
answering that question.'
'Do you think that a safe-conduct to take Dreyfus's place would suit
him?' was M. Zola's retort.
But the clock was now on the stroke of the hour, the carriage doors were
hastily closed, and the signal for departure was given.
'Au revoir, au revoir!' A last handshake, and the train started. For
another half-minute we could see our dear and illustrious friend at his
carriage window waving his arm to us. And then he was gone. The
responsibility which had so long rested on Wareham and myself was ended;
Emile Zola's exit was virtually over: shortly after five o'clock on the
following morning he would once more be in Paris, ready to take his part
in the final, crowning act of one of the greatest dramas that the world
has ever witnessed. Truth was still marching on, and assuredly nothing
would be able to stop it.
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