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"I trust they will not need any one to remind them of their promise,
when they have once pledged themselves to the service of their King,"
said the priest. "However, you will be, doubtless, useful to me at
Coron. But, Henri, what will you do without him?"
"Adolphe and I will be together, and will do well. We shall have an
absolute barrack at Durbelliere. We shall have above one hundred men in
the house. Agatha and the women are at work night and day."
"You have the worst part of the whole affair--the ammunition."
"It is all packed and ready for the carts; a few days since the cellars
were half-full of the lead and iron, which we have been casting; they
are now, I trust, half-way to Saumur, under Foret's care."
"How many men has he with him?" asked the priest.
"He has all the men from Clisson, from St. Paul's and St. Briulph's--
except a few of Charles' own tenants, who went on forward to join him at
Doue, and who have our supply of flags with them, made in the chateau at
Clisson. Madame de Lescure and poor Marie have worked their fingers to
the bone.


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