Tell me what you want me to do." "I want you to come to M.de Kercadiou with me, and to use your influence to obtain justice.

I suppose I am asking too much." "My dear Philippe, I exist to serve you.

I warn you that it is a futile quest; but give me leave to finish my breakfast, and I am at your orders." M.de Vilmorin dropped into a winged armchair by the well-swept hearth, on which a piled-up fire of pine logs was burning cheerily.

And whilst he waited now he gave his friend the latest news of the events in Rennes.

Young, ardent, enthusiastic, and inspired by Utopian ideals, he passionately denounced the rebellious attitude of the privileged.
Andre-Louis, already fully aware of the trend of feeling in the ranks of an order in whose deliberations he took part as the representative of a nobleman, was not at all surprised by what he heard.