I have sent him the offer of a regiment, but he won't accept." "Jove! He's particular." "But there's one thing he little knows." "Who, Cadoudal ?" "Yes, Cadoudal.

That is that the Abbe Bernier has made me overtures." "The Abbe Bernier ?" "Yes." "Who is the Abbe Bernier ?" "The son of a peasant from Anjou, who may be now about thirty-three or four years of age.

Before the insurrection he was curate of Saint-Laud at Angers.

He refused to take the oath and sought refuge among the Vendeans.

Two or three times the Vendee was pacificated; twice she was thought dead.