Oh! blind weak beings! It is at the very moment that happiness knocks at our door that we despair and doubt." "Oh, speak, speak!" said Amelie, "tell me what has happened." "Do you remember, my Amelie, how you answered me the last time we met, when I asked you to fly and spoke to you of your probable repugnance to the step ?" "Yes, I remember, Charles.

I said that I was yours, and that, though I felt that repugnance, I would conquer it for your sake." "And I replied that I had engagements which would prevent my leaving the country; that I was bound to others, and they to me; that our duty was to one man to whom we owed absolute obedience--the future King of France, Louis XVIII." "Yes, you told me that." "Well, we are now released from our pledges, Amelie, not only by the King, but by our general, Georges Cadoudal." "Oh! my friend, then you will be as other men, only above all others." "I shall become a simple exile, Amelie.

There is no hope of our being included in the Breton or Vendean amnesty." "Why not ?" "We are not soldiers, my darling child.

We are not even rebels.

We are Companions of Jehu." Amelie sighed.
"We are bandits, brigands, highwaymen," said Morgan, dwelling on the words with evident intention.
"Hush!" said Amelie, laying her hand on her lover's lips.