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You can go out at sunset . I will come to meet you and tell you what to do at the prefecture . -- Your brother , `` LUCIEN . '' At noon Lucien wrote to David , telling him of his evening 's success . The prefect would be sure to lend his influence , he said ; he was full of enthusiasm over the invention , and was drawing up a report that very day to send to the Government . Marion carried the letter to Basine , taking some of Lucien 's linen to the laundry as a pretext for the errand . Petit-Claud had told Cerizet that a letter would in all probability be sent .