Jacques always thought that that blow came from one of the spectators, who by this time had collected round the scene of the affray.  The next instant, his master—­his little marquis—­was down among the feet of the crowd, and though he was up again before he had received much damage—­so active and light was my poor Clement—­it was not before the old gardener had hobbled forwards, and, with many an old-fashioned oath and curse, proclaimed himself a partisan of the losing side—­a follower of a ci-devant aristocrat.  It was quite enough.  He received one or two good blows, which were, in fact, aimed at his master; and then, almost before he was aware, he found his arms pinioned behind him with a woman’s garter, which one of the viragos in the crowd had made no scruple of pulling off in public, as soon as she heard for what purpose it was wanted.  Poor Jacques was stunned and unhappy,—­his master was out of sight, on before; and the old gardener scarce knew whither they were taking him.  His head ached from the blows which had fallen upon it; it was growing dark—­June day though it was,—­and when first he seems to have become exactly aware of what had happened to him, it was when he was turned into one of the larger rooms of the Abbaye, in which all were put who had no other allotted place wherein to sleep.  One or two iron lamps hung from the ceiling by chains, giving a dim light for a little circle.  Jacques stumbled forwards over a sleeping body lying on the ground.  The sleeper wakened up enough to complain; and the apology of the old man in reply caught the ear of his master, who, until this time, could hardly have been aware of the straits and difficulties of his faithful Jacques.  And there they sat,—­against a pillar, the live-long night, holding one another’s hands, and each restraining expressions of pain, for fear of adding to the other’s distress.  That night made them intimate friends, in spite of the difference of age and rank.  The disappointed hopes, the acute suffering of the present, the apprehensions of the future, made them seek solace in talking of the past.  Monsieur de Crequy and the gardener found themselves disputing with interest in which chimney of the stack the starling used to build,—­the starling whose nest Clement sent to Urian, you remember, and discussing the merits of different espalier-pears which grew, and may grow still, in the old garden of the Hotel de Crequy.  Towards morning both fell asleep.  The old man wakened first.  His frame was deadened to suffering, I suppose, for he felt relieved of his pain; but Clement moaned and cried in feverish slumber.  His broken arm was beginning to inflame his blood.  He was, besides, much injured by some kicks from the crowd as he fell.  As the old man looked sadly on the white, baked lips, and the flushed cheeks, contorted with suffering even in his sleep, Clement gave a sharp cry which disturbed his miserable neighbours, all slumbering around in uneasy attitudes.  They bade him with curses