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Scarcely had the peasants gathered in Chollet, than the news arrived that the National Guard of Saumur were marching against them; and Cathelineau requested Monsieur de la Verrie and Foret, with their following, to go out to meet them. They marched away at once, and met the enemy at Vihiers.
"Bud 'tis corrected in time," exclaimed he, with suppressed but eager joyousness. "'Sieur Grandissime," she said, with a tremendous solemnity, "I'm verrie sawrie; mais you spogue too lade." "No, no!" he cried, "the correction comes in time. Say that, lady; say that!" His ardent gaze beat hers once more down; but she shook her head. He ignored the motion.
"Yes," said the sweet proprietress, turning to Richling, who hung in doubt whether it was quite good enough, "yesseh, I think you be pretty well in that room yeh. Yesseh, I'm shoe you be verrie well; yesseh." "Yeh" ye, as in yearn. "Can we get them at once?" "Yes? At once? Yes? Oh, yes?" No downward inflections from her. "Well," the wife looked at the husband; he nodded, "well, we'll take it."
"Proffis-or Frowenfel', good-day! Teg a cha'." She laughed. It was the pure joy of existence. "You's well? You lookin' verrie well! Halways bizzie? You fine dad agriz wid you' healt', 'Sieur Frowenfel'? Yes? Ha, ha, ha!" She suddenly leaned toward him across the arm of her chair, with an earnest face. "'Sieur Frowenfel', Palmyre wand see you.
Just as they reached the spot, they encountered Monsieur Sapinaud de la Verrie. He was riding at the head of about a hundred peasants, all of whom were armed with muskets. They had, early that morning, attacked the little town of Herbiers. It was defended by two companies of soldiers, with four or five cannon; and the Republicans of the town had ranged themselves with the Blues.
"A verrie politique drunkard" "I think the barrell of Hedlebergs in his bellye." Marginal notes in MS. "Tis well his friends here to reconcile ... ... for assault and battery elce." the other words in the marginal note are illegible. "It were but cast away on such a beast as thou art." Marginal note. To "take in" is a common phrase for "to take by storm."
"I think it don't worth while to leave it to our chillun, en't it?" "Ah!" said the husband, entirely to me, "daz de troub'! You see? we dawn't got some ba-bee'! Dat neveh arrive to her. God know' dass not de fault of us." "Yass," put in his partner, smiling to her needle, "the good God know' that verrie well." And the pair exchanged a look of dove-like fondness.
"If I do not offer to give up the leadership to you, Monsieur de la Verrie," Cathelineau said gravely, "it is from no desire on my part to be a commander; but I am widely known to the peasantry of many parishes round Pin and, perhaps because I understand them better than most, they have confidence in me; and would, I think, follow me rather than a gentleman like yourself, of whom they know but little."
Tomorrow being Easter Sunday, the peasants have all scattered to their homes; so that it was of no use my staying at Chollet. Cathelineau is there, and the other leaders; among them Monsieur de la Verrie, a nephew of his, Jean, and several other gentlemen, who have just arrived there.
Going ashore on a sandy beach, Jimmie wandered down its length, his hunter mind seeking out the footprints of his prey. He stooped down, and then beckoned me to come, which I did. Pointing at the sand, he said, "You know him?" "Wolves," I answered. "Yes first time I see 'em up here they be follerin' the deers bad bad. No can trap 'em verrie smart."
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