"Good news, I trust," said the Cure, whose face showed a fearful degree of anxiety.

"Good news, I trust in God; the men of St.Florent, I am sure, have not disgraced themselves." "Indeed, they have not, Father Jerome.

If the half of what I hear be true, they have already played a grand part.

What I hear is this--not a conscript was to be seen at the barracks when they were summoned.
Three or four soldiers were sent to commence the collection in the town, and they were at once taken prisoners by a party headed by Cathelineau, the postillion.

The Colonel then turned out, and fired on the crowd; but he could not stand his ground before the people, who drove him back to the barracks; half his men were killed in retreating.