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`` But you must leave the country , sir ; indeed you must . We can not permit such conduct here -- I am very sorry . '' `` I entreat you not to apologise , sir . In any case , I was going to Alf by eight o'clock , to meet the steamer for Treves . I am on my way to the war in the East , viâ Marseilles . If you would , therefore , be so kind as to allow the gendarme to return me that second revolver , which also belongs to me -- '' `` Give him his pistol ! '' shouted the magistrate .