"No, remain."
Chicot stopped.
"Cahors taken!" continued Henri.
"Yes, and very well done, too."
"Then he has generals and engineers?"
"No, he is too poor for that; he could not pay them; he does it all himself."
"He fight!" said Henri, disdainfully.
"I do not say that he rushes into it with enthusiasm; no, he resembles those people who try the water before they bathe; he just dips the ends of his fingers with a little shudder, which augurs badly, then his breast; all this takes him about ten minutes, and then he rushes into action, and through fire, like a salamander."
"Diable!"
"And I assure you, Henri, the fire was hot there."