turlot

Updated: January 15, 2026

Turlot, captain, and aid-de-camp to General Henriot, wants to know where the master of the house is. "In his bed," is the reply. "Wake him up." The old man rises. Give up your arms." His wife hands over a fowling-piece, the only arm on the premises.

Hippolyte Taine - The French Revolution - Volume 3