But it is different with you.

As the cause of La Vendee, for which you have fought, is lost, your first duty now is to your wife.

I trust that you will all three succeed in making your way to England, and enjoy there the peace and rest that none can have in unhappy France.

I thank you for your gallant services.
"And I thank you in the name of La Vendee, Leigh, for the manner in which you have fought for her; and also for the companionship that has so often cheered me, during our last days.
"As for myself, I have no wish to live.

I should feel dishonoured were the army I led to be exterminated, and I, who accepted the responsibility of leading it, to survive.