"We may be sure, Father Jerome," said Henri, "of those men from St.
Michael?"
"Of every man. You will find there will not be a defaulter."
"God send it; one traitor makes many, as sheep follow each other through
a hedge row."
"Do not fear them, my son. Father Francois has the list of them; he will
have every man collected by daylight on the 7th, and he will come on
with them himself as far as the cross-roads; they will there meet my own
children from St. Laud."
"There were to be one hundred and seventy-five from St. Michael."
"Yes; and one hundred and forty from St. Laud; and thirty will have
joined us from Petit Ange de Poitou before we reach the turn from St.
Michael."
"And have you positively determined you will start with them from St.
Laud's yourself, Father Jerome."
"With God's will, my son, I most assuredly shall do so; and from that
to the walls of Saumur, they shall see before them my tattered Cure's
frock, and the blessed symbol of their hope. I will carry the cross
before them from the porch of the little church which shall once more
be my own, till I plant it on the citadel of Saumur beside the standard
of the King.
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