There lay the spade and the sack of earth.

The tool with which the work had been done was still in the mouth of the second cannon and, on pulling it out, the powder cartridge came with it.

Then Leigh led them to the next gun, and a man who had a bayonet thrust it in, and soon brought some earth and stones to the mouth of the gun.
"We have now had the evidence of Monsieur Stansfield, and those with him, tested by ourselves examining the guns.

What do you say, my friends--has this man been proved a traitor, or not ?" "He has!" the peasants exclaimed, in chorus.
"And what is your sentence ?" "Death!" was the unanimous reply.
"I approve of that sentence.

March him down to the side of the river, and shoot him." Three minutes later, four musket shots rang out.
"Thus die all traitors!" Cathelineau said.
Bruno, however, was the sole Vendean who, during the course of the war, turned traitor to his comrades and his country..