Momont, like his master,
had still some spirit in his bosom, and kept his seat, saying to
himself, but out loud, "I told him so--I told him so. I told him that
we who remained here needed as much courage as those who went to the
wars; but now, he that talked so much, he's the only one to run away."
The poor butler alluded to Chapeau, who had certainly been in the house
a few minutes before the arrival of the republicans, and who as
certainly had not been seen since.
"I suppose we must have them out before the house, and fire upon them?"
And he turned to the officer who was next to him, as though asking his
advice.
"If you ask my advice, General, I would make no difference between the
lot; ten minutes should see the last of the whole set of them--the old
man, his daughter, and the rest. If we are to send every master of a
family with his children up to Paris, or even to Saumur, the tribunals
can never do their work, nor can the guillotines fall half fast enough
for them."
"When I ask your advice on one subject, Captain, I do not expect you to
give it me on another," said Santerre.
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