Don't they say he was one of the Vendean chiefs?"
"He says so himself," said Arthur. "He told some of the people here that
he was at Fontenay and Saumur; and he talked of knowing Cathelineau and
Bonchamps. I was speaking to a man who heard him say so."
"And did the man say what he was like?" said Marie.
"I don't think he saw him at all," answered Arthur. "It seems that he
won't let any one see his face, if he can help it; but they all say he
is quite a young man."
Chapeau now knocked at the door, and brought farther tidings. The Mad
Captain and all his troop had returned from Antrames to Laval, and had
just now entered the town.
"Our men are shaking the Bretons by the hand," said Chapeau, "and
wondering at their long hair and rough skins. Three or four days ago,
I feared the Vendeans would never have faced the blues again; but now
they are as ready to meet them as ever they were."
"And the Captain, is he actually in Laval at present, Chapeau?"
"Indeed he is, M. Henri. I saw him riding down the street, by the Hotel
de Ville, myself, not ten minutes since.
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