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Updated: May 23, 2025
'And here, twenty-five miles to the east, is Almeixal, celebrated for its vintages and for its enormous Abbey. Again I nodded; I could not think what was coming. 'Have you heard of the Marshal Millefleurs? asked Massena. 'I have served with all the Marshals, said I, 'but there is none of that name. 'It is but the nickname which the soldiers have given him, said Massena.
We could not be more than a few miles from Almeixal, so it seemed to me to be best to keep among the groves, for the spring had been an early one and the leaves were already thick enough to conceal us. We were riding then in open order among the great trunks, when one of my flankers came galloping up. 'There are English across the valley, Colonel, he cried, as he saluted. 'Cavalry or infantry?
With these he took possession of the Abbey of Almeixal, sent the monks about their business, fortified the place, and gathered in the plunder of all the country round. 'For which it is high time he was hanged, said I, making once more for the door. 'One instant! cried the Marshal, smiling at my impatience. 'The worst remains behind.
On the one hand there was the chance of a fine cavalry skirmish with the English. On the other hand, there was my mission at the Abbey of Almeixal, which seemed already to be so much above my power. If I were to lose any of my men, it was certain that I should be unable to carry out my orders.
There seemed to me to be a good deal of sense in what he said. For the moment Mr Alexis Morgan and the Countess of La Ronda and the Abbey of Almeixal went right out of my head, and I could only think of the fine level turf and of the beautiful skirmish which we might have. 'Very good, Bart, said I. 'We have seen the front of your dragoons. We shall now have a look at their backs.
He cried out something which I took to be Latin, with his hands clasped and his eyes upturned. 'The prayer of the just availeth much, said he, 'and yet I had not dared to hope that mine would have been so speedily answered. In me you see the unfortunate Abbot of Almeixal, who has been cast out by this rabble of three armies with their heretical leader.
'If you had not been away from us for some months, it would not be necessary for me to tell you about him. He is an Englishman, and a man of good breeding. It is on account of his manners that they have given him his title. I wish you to go to this polite Englishman at Almeixal. 'Yes, Marshal. 'And to hang him to the nearest tree. 'Certainly, Marshal.
As I came out into the warm Portuguese sunshine my confidence had returned to me, and I had already begun to wonder whether the medal which I had so often deserved might not be waiting for me at Almeixal. You may be sure that I did not take my fifty men at hap-hazard. They were all old soldiers of the German wars, some of them with three stripes, and most of them with two.
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