Chapter 11 & Chapter 12 Summary

In Chapter 11, Citizeness Rochemaure visits Evariste on September 7th to solicit help for her friend denounced as a suspect, but she encounters her former lover, Brotteaux, who invites her to his garret. Rochemaure has lately been anxious about the Revolution as her lover has been arrested and she is suspect. She wonders what will happen to her before leaving Brotteaux's garret. Later, she is preparing for a new admirer's arrival when Henry visits unexpectedly. Doubting Henry's discretion, Rochemaure hides the letter in her writing desk, but when she leaves the room to get dressed, Henry steals it and takes it to the Committee of General Safety since it contains comments about the Queen, the Revolutionary Tribunal, Rose Thevenin and Brotteaux. That afternoon, Evariste is seated on the magistrates' bench with fourteen colleagues as three judges sit at the table on the...