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"He gave death, he will receive death," answered Cadoudal. During this time the Chouans had pulled Audrein out of the diligence. "Ha! is it you, bishop of Vannes?" cried Sabre-tout. "Mercy!" begged the bishop. "We were informed of your arrival, and were waiting for you." "Mercy!" repeated the bishop for the third time. "Have you your pontifical robes with you?" "Yes, my friends, I have."
Bonaparte knew Roland; consequently the triple narrative of Thomas Milliere's murder, the execution of Bishop Audrein, and the fight at Grandchamp, produced a deep impression upon him. There was, moreover, in the young man's manner a sombre despair in which he could not be mistaken. Roland was miserable over this lost opportunity to get himself killed.
"Then dress yourself as a prelate; it is long since we have seen one." A trunk marked with the prelate's name was taken from the diligence and opened. They took the bishop's robes from it, and handed them to Audrein, who put them on. Then, when every vestment was in its place, the peasants ranged themselves in a circle, each with his musket in his hand.
"Oh! oh!" exclaimed Roland, "is that how you royalists and Christians speak to a man of God!" "That man," said Cadoudal, "is not a man of God, but a man of the devil." "Who is he, then?" "Both an atheist and a regicide; he denied his God and voted for the death of the king. That is the Conventional Audrein." Roland shuddered. "What will they do?" he asked.
"Ha! so they are giving us back our bishops?" "So it seems; but if they are all like this one, they can keep them." "Who is he?" "Audrein!" "The regicide?" "Audrein the renegade." "When is he coming?" "To-night or to-morrow." "I shall not go to meet him; but let him beware of falling into my men's hands." Benedicite and Coeur-de-Roi burst into a laugh which completed Cadoudal's thought.
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