8/20 I am sure he is not a general; he is more like a grocer from Nantes." "And is not Cathelineau like a postilion ?" said Jacques, "and I hope you will allow he is a great soldier. You know nothing of these things yet, Annot. M.Larochejaquelin is so smart because he is a young nobleman; not because he is a general." "And is not M.d'Elbee a nobleman ?" said one of the girls. Larochejaquelin did look so nice last Wednesday, when he was getting off his horse." "That is all; but Cathelineau," said Annot, "he is the finest fellow of them all. I'd sooner have Cathelinean for my lover, than the Duc de Chartres, and he's the king's cousin." "You are a foolish girl, Annot," said Chapeau. |