He shall go to Saumur in his own carriage, and Barrere may send him to Paris how he pleases, or to the devil if he chooses." "And the servants, General ?" "Oh! ah, yes, the servants!" said Santerre, walking out into the hall to inspect them; "women, an't they?
What, five, six, seven, nine women, one old man, and a boy; well, I suppose we must have them out in a row, and shoot them." Down on their knees went the nine women and the boy, imploring that their innocent lives might be spared to them.

Momont, like his master, had still some spirit in his bosom, and kept his seat, saying to himself, but out loud, "I told him so--I told him so.

I told him that we who remained here needed as much courage as those who went to the wars; but now, he that talked so much, he's the only one to run away." The poor butler alluded to Chapeau, who had certainly been in the house a few minutes before the arrival of the republicans, and who as certainly had not been seen since.
"I suppose we must have them out before the house, and fire upon them ?" And he turned to the officer who was next to him, as though asking his advice.
"If you ask my advice, General, I would make no difference between the lot; ten minutes should see the last of the whole set of them--the old man, his daughter, and the rest.

If we are to send every master of a family with his children up to Paris, or even to Saumur, the tribunals can never do their work, nor can the guillotines fall half fast enough for them." "When I ask your advice on one subject, Captain, I do not expect you to give it me on another," said Santerre.

"Sergeant, take those women out, and the old man, and the boy, stand them in a line upon the gravel plot there, and bring a file of musketeers." And the republican General again began pacing up and down the room, as though he did not at all like the position in which his patriotic zeal had placed him.
The poor women were dragged by their limbs out before the door, screeching as they went, and filling the air with their loud, agonizing cries.