You should think of these things, Henri." "I resign myself to my dignity, and am dumb," said Henri laughing.

"Go on, Cathelineau, and if the men you name, say but one word, one syllable against your choice--I'll slay them." Cathelineau knew that all his difficulty still lay before him; those whom he had already chosen would as a matter of course be among the number; but who were to be the other three?
"M.

Donnissan," said be, in a whisper to de Lescure, who was sitting next to him.

"I do not know what his wishes might be." "My father-in-law feels himself too old," answered de Lescure; "d'Elbee would be a much fitter person; he is thought so much of at Beauprieu." "And the other two ?" asked Cathelineau.
"Name one yourself, and ask Bonchamps to name the other." "M.

d'Elbee," said Cathelineau, aloud, "you will not, I am sure, refuse to take your portion of our labours." "You will find," whispered Stofflet to his neighbour, "that as Providence has called upon him, he will be willing enough." "I will do my best," said d'Elbee "as I am called upon; and may the Lord direct me, that I may fight His battle so as to do honour to His name." "I think I will name Stofflet," said Cathelineau, consulting with Bonchamps and de Lescure; "he is a brave man, and though rude in his manner, he will make perhaps the best soldier among us; already the men obey him almost more implicitly than any one." "Do--do!" said Bonchamps; "you cannot do better." "I think you will be right to do so," said de Lescure, "though I do not like the man; but the peasants know him, and he is one of themselves.
Yesterday morning I had ample proof of his courage.