Three-quarters of an hour later I struck the road, two miles this side of Saumur; and have been brought here in a cart, by a peasant.

It is now four o'clock, and I do not think that the officer would arrive at Thouars before half past three." "That is important news, indeed," Cathelineau said.
"Well, gentlemen, what do you think had best be done ?" "It seems to me that nothing could be better," Monsieur de Lescure said.

"The enemy's column cannot start until five o'clock, at the earliest.

It will be dark before they can arrive at Saumur.

I know the road well.