"
"That the cannon wouldn't go off though the torch was laid upon the
gunpowder!" said Peter.
"And we heard," said the cook, "how all the girls in the town came and
crowned him with bay leaves; and how the priest blessed him."
"And how the young made him their captain and their general," said the
housekeeper.
"And how they christened him the Saviour of St. Florent," said the
laundress.
"And gave him all the money in the town, and the biggest sword they
could find," said the page.
"You heard all this, did you?" said Peter Berrier.
"Indeed we did" said Jacques Chapeau, "and a great deal more from M. de
Lescure's own man, who went back to Clisson only an hour since, and who
had it all from one who came direct from St. Florent."
"And you heard not a word of Peter Berrier?"
"Not a word, not a word," said they all at once.
"Then, friends, let me tell you, you have not heard much of the truth,
although M. de Lescure's own man did see the man who came direct from
St. Florent; I think I may say, without boasting, and I believe Monsieur
the postillion upstairs will not be inclined to contradict me, that
without me, there would have been no revolt.
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