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In some cases war must force the gates; in others it can slip through them. Civil war must always keep a false key in its pocket. We will do all we can; but one must have a chief." And Boisberthelot added thoughtfully, "What do you think of the Chevalier de Dieuzie, La Vieuville?" "Do you mean the younger?" "Yes." "For a commander?" "Yes." "He is only good for a pitched battle in the open field.
He bowed to me, but addressed himself to Bontet. "Well, are the gentlemen to be here at five?" he asked. Bontet, with an air of relief, began an explanation. One of the gentlemen M. de Vieuville, he believed had read out the note in his presence, and had desired him to tell the duke that he and the other gentleman would meet the duke and his friend on the sands at a quarter to six.
La vieuville was suddenly cut short by a cry of despair, and a the same time a noise was heard wholly unlike any other sound. The cry and sounds came from within the vessel. The captain and lieutenant rushed toward the gun-deck but could not get down. All the gunners were pouring up in dismay. Something terrible had just happened.
Boisberthelot thought a moment, and then added: "At the latest, so Mr. Windham told Lord Hood." "Then, commander, I take it affairs are not going so very badly?" "All would go well, provided that the Breton war were well managed." De Vieuville shook his head. "Commander," he said, "are we to land the marines?" "Certainly, if the coast is friendly, but not otherwise.
Mademoiselle de Roquelaure, who had been let into the scheme, carried the letter to the Superior of the convent, and said Madame de la Vieuville had sent for her. Had the Superior any message to send? The Superior, accustomed to these invitations; did not even look at the letter, but gave her consent at once.
He proposed, therefore, that, in spite of their parents, they should marry and be their own guardians. She agreed to this project; and he went away in order to execute it. Madame de la Vieuville often came to see Mademoiselle de Roquelaure to take her out, and sometimes sent for her. M. de Leon was made acquainted with this, and took his measures accordingly.
Captain Boisberthelot and Lieutenant la Vieuville, although both dauntless men, stopped at the head of the companion-way and, dumb, pale, and hesitating, looked down on the deck below. Some one elbowed past and went down. It was their passenger, the peasant, the man of whom they had just been speaking a moment before. Reaching the foot of the companion-way, he stopped.
The theme was evidently their passenger; and this was the substance of the conversation which the wind wafted through the darkness. Boisberthelot grumbled half audibly to La Vieuville, "It remains to be seen whether or no he is a leader." La Vieuville replied, "Meanwhile he is a prince." "Almost." "A nobleman in France, but a prince in Brittany." "Like the Trémouilles and the Rohans."
Mademoiselle de Roquelaure, who had been let into the scheme, carried the letter to the Superior of the convent, and said Madame de la Vieuville had sent for her. Had the Superior any message to send? The Superior, accustomed to these invitations; did not even look at the letter, but gave her consent at once.
He proposed, therefore, that, in spite of their parents, they should marry and be their own guardians. She agreed to this project; and he went away in order to execute it. Madame de la Vieuville often came to see Mademoiselle de Roquelaure to take her out, and sometimes sent for her. M. de Leon was made acquainted with this, and took his measures accordingly.
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