Of course it would be difficult to establish a case against the priest, and it is always vexatious and troublesome to have dealings with that class, as it generally means trouble with the peasantry.

But the case is as clear as crystal." "But the intriguers here?
Can you not deal with them ?" "I have them under observation," replied the colonel.

"I already knew the leaders, Souza's lieutenants in Lisbon, and I can put my hand upon them at any moment.

If I have not already done so it is because I find it more profitable to leave them at large; it is possible, indeed, that I may never proceed to extremes against them.

Conceive that they have enabled me to seize La Fleche, the most dangerous, insidious and skilful of all Napoleon's agents.