Chapter 51 THE DAY WITH THE RABBITS

On leaving Rue de la Ville-l'évêque, Arthur Cherami followed the boulevard in the direction of the Bastille; he did not take an omnibus-first, because he was in no hurry; and, secondly, because he had reflected:

"If I could happen to meet in the street some old friend, some good fellow, I would ask him to be my second. On a pinch, if it was nece