Chapter 19, Chapter 20 & Chapter 21 Summary

In Chapter 19, Brotteaux is thrown in the dungeon at the Conciergerie with a murderer and a counterfeiter. He wakes with a fever and, two days later, is offered the privilege of paying for his accommodations and taken to quarters with a group of aristocrats. When he learns Father Longuemare has been thrown into dungeon, he pays for his friend to join him in his better quarters. The aristocrats hide all of their most precious belongings when they learn their quarters will be raided and valuables seized. Brotteaux often reads in the courtyard once the weather warms, and one day, he is surprised when Rose Thevenin calls his name. Rose has been denounced as a Royalist and accused of conspiring to help the Queen escape, but she is sure her powerful friends will save her. Brotteaux begs her to allow...