Once set in a course, nothing could change him.

Other men might err, but once right, the Seigneur of Rozel was everlasting.
Of late he had made the cause of Michel de la Foret and Angele Aubert his own.

For this he had been raked upon the coals by De Carteret of St.
Ouen's and his following, who taunted him with the saying: "Save a thief from hanging and he'll cut your throat." Not that there was ill feeling against De la Foret in person.

He had won most hearts by a frank yet still manner, and his story and love for Angele had touched the women folk where their hearts were softest.

But the island was not true to itself or its history if it did not divide itself into factions, headed by the Seigneurs, and there had been no ground for good division for five years till De la Foret came.
Short of actual battle, this new strife was the keenest ever known, for Sir Hugh Pawlett was ranged on the side of the Seigneur of Rozel.
Kinsman of the Comtesse de Montgomery, of Queen Elizabeth's own Protestant religion, and admiring De la Foret, he had given every countenance to the Camisard refugee.