As was usual, he wore over his shoulders a loose jacket with a very high collar, the empty sleeves hanging down on either side.

When riding, the arms were thrust into these.
He wore a low soft cap with a narrow brim all round.
The expression of his face, with its short pointed beard, moustache, and closely trimmed whiskers, was melancholy.

The greatest captain of his age, he was more reluctant than any of his followers to enter upon civil war; and the fact that he felt that it was absolutely necessary, to save Protestantism from being extinguished in blood, in no way reconciled him to it.
He received Francois and his cousin kindly.
"I am glad," he said to the former, "to see the representative of the Lavilles here.

Your father was a dear friend of mine, and fell fighting bravely by my side.

I should have been glad to have had you riding among my friends; but it is better still for you to be with your cousin, De la Noue, who is far more suitable as a leader and guide for youth than I am.