"A curse upon the Blues! Why can't they content themselves with making war on men, without persecuting and massacring women?
"Certainly I will explain, to Cathelineau and the others, the cause of your absence.

But what are you thinking of doing ?" "That we have not even considered.

We mean to get her out of their hands, if possible; but until we see whether she has been really taken to Nantes--of which I have little doubt--which prison she is placed in, and how it is guarded, we can form no plan.

If possible, we shall bribe the jailers.

If not, we will try to rescue her by force.
"I am taking my band with me.