He asked them where Ravanel and his troops were, not seeing a single Camisard in the streets; one of the soldiers answered that they were probably still in town, but that they were moving towards Les Garrigues de Calvisson.

Cavalier set off at a gallop to overtake them.
In crossing the market-place he met Catinat, walking between two prophets, one called Moses and the other Daniel Guy; Catinat was just back from a visit to the mountains, so that he had taken no part in the scene of insubordination that had so lately been enacted.
Cavalier felt a ray of hope; he was sure he could depend on Catinat as on himself.

He hurried to greet him, holding out his hand; but Catinat drew back his.
"What does this mean ?" cried Cavalier, the blood mounting to his forehead.
"It means," answered Catinat, "that you are a traitor, and I cannot give my hand to a traitor." Cavalier gave a cry of rage, and advancing on Catinat, raised his cane to strike him; but Moses and Daniel Guy threw themselves between, so that the blow aimed at Catinat fell on Moses.

At the same moment Catinat, seeing Cavalier's gesture, drew a pistol from his belt.

As it was at full cock, it went off in his hand, a bullet piercing Guy's hat, without, however, wounding him.
At the noise of the report shouts were heard about a hundred yards away.
It was the Camisards, who had been on the point of leaving the town, but hearing the shot had turned back, believing that some of their brethren were being murdered.