"May you all be successful, and return as heroes--heroes, indeed, you are already; but may you gather fresh laurels at Saumur.

I am sure you will.

I, for one, am not in the least despondent." "Yes, Agatha, I shall go to Saumur, determined at any rate not to lose there any little honour I may yet have won.

If I cannot place the white flag of La Vendee on the citadel of Saumur, I will at any rate fall in attempting it." "I am very sure, that if you fail, it will not be for lack of courage, or of resolution.

You and Henri, and M.de Lescure and our good friend Cathelineau, have taught us to expect victory as the sure result of your attempts." "Ah! Agatha, one word from your lips, such as I long to hear, would make me feel that I could chain victory to my sword, and rush into the midst of battle panoplied against every harm." "Your duty to your King should be your best assurance of victory; your trust in your Saviour, your panoply against harm; if these did not avail you, as I know they do, the vain word of a woman would be of little service." "You speak coldly, Agatha, and you look coldly on me.