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A grayish light was spreading through the sky beyond Trefleon and Saint-Nolf; it was not the rising of the sun, but the first rays of dawn. A heavy mist rose from the earth and prevented the eye from seeing more than fifty feet beyond it. Cadoudal seemed to be expecting news before risking himself further. Suddenly, about five hundred paces distant, the crowing of a cock was heard.
"Didn't Benedicite and Monte-a-l'assaut notify you?" he inquired. "Yes. Is that the diligence from Ploermel to Vannes that you are bringing back?" "Yes, general. It was stopped between Trefleon and Saint-Nolf." "Is he in it?" "We think so." "Act according to your consciences; if it is a crime toward God, take it on yourselves; I take only the responsibility toward men.
He was soon to know, for they had ridden five hours and a half and the day was breaking. Beyond the village of Tridon they turned across country; leaving Vannes to the left, they reached Trefleon. At Trefleon, Cadoudal, still followed by his major-general, Branche-d'Or, had found Monte-a-l'assaut and Chante-en-hiver.
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