The next day Autichamp took command, and, to avoid making the same blunder as Stofflet, he appointed the Abbe Bernier general agent.
Now, do you understand ?" "Perfectly." "Well, the Abbe Bernier, general agent of the belligerent forces, and furnished with plenary powers by the Comte d'Artois--the Abbe Bernier has made overtures to me." "To you, to Bonaparte, to the First Consul he deigns to--?
Why, that's very kind of the Abbe Bernier?
Have you accepted them ?" "Yes, Roland; if the Vendee will give me peace, I will open her churches and give her back her priests." "And suppose they chant the _Domine, salvum fac regem ?_" "That would be better than not singing at all.

God is omnipotent, and he will decide.

Does the mission suit you, now that I have explained it ?" "Yes, thoroughly." "Then, here is a letter for General Hedouville.

He is to treat with the Abbe Bernier as the general-in-chief of the Army of the West.

But you are to be present at all these conferences; he is only my mouthpiece, you are to be my thought.