At length, "I do not know," Lescot muttered timidly.
"You do not know ?" "What can be done!" "The people will know!" Father Pezelay retorted "Trust them!" "But the people will not rise without a leader." "Then will I lead them!" "Even so, reverend Father--I doubt," Lescot faltered.

And Thuriot nodded assent.

Gibbets were erected in those days rather for laymen than for the Church.
"You doubt!" the priest cried.

"You doubt!" His baleful eyes passed from one to the other; from them to the rest of the company.

He saw that with the exception of the Cure of St.-Benoist all were of a mind.