The Legion men are once more taken to the dungeon, but their chains get removed first in front of the door. They are roughly shoved inside, and four armed guards are again on duty inside the dungeon with them.
A lamp gets lit against the wall and placed in a holder there. Then the bronze door closes.
“We can nearly fall on our knees and thank them that they had at least removed the shackles and chains,” says Catroux, and then an excited chatter breaks out among the men, and they discuss the shot that was fired at Brigitte. Who in that crowd had taken the shot? It was a deliberate action to kill her. Is she dead?
Everything happened so fast that nobody spared her a glance. And what about themselves now? What will be their fate now?
A short while later, the door opens, and the men recei
