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It was not till two hours
after that he was able to speak a word."
"And you lost all the advantage you had gained?" asked de Lescure.
"We might still have been successful, for the blues would always rather
run than fight when they have the choice, but the Prince de Talmont, in
his eagerness, headed the fugitive rebels who were making for Savenay,
and drove them back into the town; when there, they had no choice but
to fight; indeed, their numbers were so much greater than our own, that
they surrounded us. Our hearts were nearly broken, and our arms were
weak; it ended in our retreating to Pirmil, and leaving the town in the
hands of the republicans."
"How truly spoke that General who said, 'build a bridge of gold for a
flying enemy!'" said de Lescure.
"And is Cathelineau's wound so surely mortal?" asked Henri.
"The surgeon who examined him in Pirmil said so; indeed, Cathelineau
never doubted it himself. He told me, as soon as he could speak, that
he should never live to see the Republic at an end.


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