India 2001 books

"
"Oh! if we had a few more Father Jeromes!" said Henri.
"There might perhaps be more soldiers in La Vendee than at present; but
perhaps also there would be fewer Christians," said the priest. "May God
forgive me if, in my zeal for my King, I am too remiss in His service."
They rode on a little way in silence, for Father Jerome felt a slight
qualm of conscience at his warlike proceedings, and Henri did not like
to interrupt his meditations; but the Cure soon recovered himself.
"I shall have a goodly assemblage of followers," said he, "before I
reach Coron. Those from Echanbroignes will join us half-a-mile from the
town. There will be above two hundred from Echanbroignes."
"Will there? So many as that, think you?"
"They will muster certainly not short of two hundred. Near seven hundred
men will follow me into Coron on the evening of the 7th."
"They will find provisions there in plenty--meat, bread, and wine. They
are not used to lie soft; they will not grumble at having clean straw
to sleep on.


Pages:
131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155