Madame would never willingly have allowed him to leave Condillac alive, for she realized that did she do so he would stir up trouble enough to have them outlawed.

He must perish here, and be forgotten.

If questions came to be asked later, Condillac would know nothing of him.
"Monsieur de Garnache promised us some fine deeds on his own account," she mocked him.

"We but afford him the opportunity to perform them.

If these be not enough for his exceeding valour, there are more men without whom we can summon." A feeling of pity for mademoiselle--perhaps of no more than decency--now overcame Marius.