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"God bless them! God will bless them, for they are working in the spirit
which he loves."
"Agatha and Annette, between them, have packed nearly every ounce of
gunpowder," said Henri, who could not help boasting of his sister.
"Night and day they have been handling it without regarding for a moment
the destruction which the slightest accident might bring upon them."
"It is that spirit, my son, which will enable us to beat twice our own
strength in numbers, and ten times our own strength in arms and
discipline How many men has Foret with him?"
"Above six hundred. I do not know his exact numbers," said Henri.
"And you, yourself?"
"I shall muster a thousand strong, that is for a certainty; I believe
I shall be nearer twelve thousand."
"Let me see--that will be, say two thousand five hundred from the
Bocage."
"Oh! more than that your reverence," said Chapeau, "you are not counting
M. de Lescure's men, who have gone on with the flags--or the men from
Beauprieu who will follow M. d'Elbee, or the men from St.


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