It was Passepartout himself, who had slipped upon the pyre in the midst of the smoke and, profiting by the still overhanging darkness, had delivered the young woman from death! It was Passepartout who, playing his part with a happy audacity, had passed through the crowd amid the general terror.
"Vooruit!" Het was Passepartout zelf, die den brandstapel had bestegen te midden van den dikken rook en de vrouw ontrukt had aan een wissen dood.