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In the vicinity of the Bourse , however , they were alarmed by the sound of musketry ; they slipped along with great caution , hugging the walls . On reaching the Rue Richelieu and finding her shop had not been disturbed , the stout lady was so overjoyed that she insisted on seeing her traveling companion safely housed ; they struck through the Rue du Hazard , the Rue Saint-Anne , and finally reached the Rue des Orties . Some federates , whose battalion was still holding the Rue Saint-Anne , attempted to prevent them from passing . It was four o'clock and already quite light when Henriette , exhausted by the fatigue of her long day and the stress of her emotions , reached the old house in the Rue des Orties and found the door standing open . Climbing the dark , narrow staircase , she turned to the left and discovered behind a door a ladder that led upward toward the roof . Maurice , meantime , behind the barricade in the Rue du Bac , had succeeded in raising himself to his knees , and Jean 's heart throbbed with a wild , tumultuous hope , for he believed he had pinned his friend to the earth . `` Oh , my little one , are you alive still ?