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Although very fond of Roger Braund, I felt, somehow, rather sorry to hear Jeanne's news, and, as we left the house, my comrade rallied me on my thoughtfulness. "Come," said he briskly, "we must hurry; the Admiral does not like our being abroad so late," at which, remembering how persistently he had refused to leave earlier, I laughed heartily.
Amongst us at least the peace was not broken, though we heard rumours of dark threats from the Guises, and Coligny received numerous warnings not to trust himself, without an armed force, outside the city walls. The first break came about with the departure of Roger Braund.
Because there was fellow-feeling of old in merry England, in county and in town; and these are Devon men, and men of Bideford, whose names are Amyas Leigh of Burrough, John Staveley, Michael Heard, and Jonas Marshall of Bideford, and Thomas Braund of Clovelly: and they, the first of all English mariners, have sailed round the world with Francis Drake, and are come hither to give God thanks.
'Sorry, Gosling, he said. 'All right, said Gosling, though thinking quite the reverse. And he walked back to bowl his next ball, conjuring up a beautiful vision in his mind. J. Douglas and Braund were fielding slip to him in the vision, while in the background Norris appeared, in a cauldron of boiling oil. 'Tut, tut, said Baker facetiously to the raging captain.
"Your Henry of Beam is a gallant youngster, Edmond," remarked Roger Braund that evening; "I would he had been with us at Jarnac!" "That might have prevented his being here now!" "True! On the other hand, his presence might have saved the day. However, he will have an opportunity of showing his mettle. Do we move soon?"
Felix, happily, was unhurt, and he informed me that Roger Braund was still with the little troop of Englishmen. "But what of your prisoner?" he asked. "Has he given his parole?" "No, I fancy he is rather counting on the chance of escape." "Then he must be placed under guard. I will attend to it, and return in a few minutes. Well, Jacques, has your master been very troublesome?"
"One more question, my good Jacques; how long have I been here?" "Three days, monsieur. Now I will get you some nourishing food, and afterwards you must sleep." The next morning, finding I was much stronger, Jacques was willing to answer further questions. Felix had come through the fray unscathed, and Roger Braund was only slightly wounded.
More they did not know, or did not choose to know. John Braund, then, took the gaol-fever in a week, and died raving in that noisome den: his secret, if he had one, perished with him, and nothing but vague suspicion was left as to Rose Salterne's fate. That she had gone off with the Spaniard, few doubted; but whither, and in what character?
But, even with the Germans ready to do their duty, our prospects seemed to me far from rosy, and I found that Roger Braund held the same view. "Whether we fight or retreat," said he, "in my opinion the situation is equally desperate." "The Council has decided to give battle," exclaimed Felix, who had just come from the Admiral's tent.
Suddenly a burst of cheering in a foreign tongue reached us. "Hurrah! Hurrah! For the Admiral!" and a troop of horse came tearing down. It was the band of gallant Englishmen, and I recognized Roger Braund still bearing the captured trophy. Fearing they might mistake us for royalists I rode forward hastily, crying in English, "Friends! Friends! We are Huguenots!" The Return to Rochelle
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