"
No one, however, seconded his objection. No other voice was raised to
counteract the wishes of the man who had suffered so much in the cause,
and who, had he been spared, would have been at once chosen to guide
their future movements.
"With this exception," said the Prince de Talmont; "your case we know
is doubtful, but should you recover, should you again be able to come
among us before the war be over, Larochejaquelin shall then give place
to you."
"There is little chance of that, Prince," said de Lescure, smiling
sadly; "but should it occur, there will be no quarrel between me and
Henri. I will serve with him as his aide-de-camp."
Henri Larochejaquelin now found himself General-in-Chief of the Vendean
army. As he himself had said, he was but one-and-twenty, and yet never
was greater energy, firmness, and moral courage required from a General,
than was required from him at this moment. Eighty thousand people were
on that day told to look to him as the man who was to save them from
famine and from the enemy's sword, to protect their lives and the lives
of all whom they loved, and eventually to turn their present utter
misery and despair into victory and triumph.
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