13/25 We will pardon everything and anybody, if M. Go in, Jacques, and say that we will never consent to forgive the wretch who insulted Mademoiselle Larochejaquelin. By all that is sacred we will hang him!" "If you do, my friends," answered Chapeau, "you must kill M.de Lescure first, for he will defend him with his own body and his own sword." Chapeau again returned to the house, and left the peasants outside, loudly murmuring. Hitherto they had passively obeyed their leaders. They had gone from one scene of action to another. |