He and I and the two men could have made a stout defence.

I hear that there were not more than twenty of them, and I warrant that there would not have been many of them left, when the fight was over." "I am sure," the cure said, "that if you had been there, and the place had been defended, all the women within sound of the church bell would have come in with arms, and would have fought like men in the defence of yourself and madame; but as it was, the whole thing was such a surprise, with everyone in bed and asleep, that the enemy were off before anyone could think of what had best be done.

As it was, the women from all the farms round were here, armed with hatchets or pitchforks, half an hour after the bell began to ring.

Of course, in the village here we knew that it was too late to do anything, but to flock to the church and pray for the safety of our good lady." "Thank you, my friend.

Leigh and I are going to Nantes, to see if anything can be done to get her out of prison.