"How can that be?"
"'Are you sure of arresting these criminals?' said he to me.
"'Yes,' I replied; 'if Maurice is with me.'
"'But are you sure of Maurice? For some time he has been looked upon as rather lukewarm.'
"'Those who say so are totally deceived. Maurice is no more lukewarm in the cause than I am myself.'
"'And you will answer for his fidelity?'
"'As for my own.' I then went to your house, but could not find you at home. I took this road first because it lay in my way, and then I remembered it was the one you usually frequented; so at last we have met. Forward! March!
"'Where Victory leads us still onward we go,
Ever joyfully singing we'll face every foe.'"
"My dear Lorin, I am in despair. I do not feel the slightest taste for this expedition. Say that you were not able to find me."
"Impossible! all our men have seen you."