There will be no repeating the surprise of last September.
"I am disappointed above all in the Admiral, D'Andelot, La Rochefoucauld, and Genlis.

Conde I have never trusted as one to be relied upon, in an extremity.

He is a royal prince, has been brought up in courts, and loves gaiety and ease; and although I say not that he is untrue to the Huguenot cause, yet he would gladly accommodate matters; and as we see, even in this treaty, the great bulk of the Huguenots all over the country have been utterly deserted, their liberty of worship denied, and their very lives are at the mercy of the bigots.
"What do you think, Philip?
Have you had enough of fighting for a party who wilfully throw away all that they have won by their sacrifices?
Are you thinking of returning home, or will you wait for a while, to see how matters go on ?" "I will, with your permission, wait," Philip said.

"I lament this peace, which seems to me to leave us in a worse position than before the war; but I agree with you that it cannot last, and that ere long the Huguenots will be driven again to take up arms.
Francois and I have become as brothers and, until the cause is either lost or won, I would fain remain." "That is well, Philip.

I will be glad to have you with us, my nephew.