One of the two men who had brought in the supper table now entered the room.
“Brise-Bleu,” said Cadoudal, “tell Coeur-de-Roi that I wish to speak to him.”
Two minutes later the Breton presented himself.
“Coeur-de-Roi,” said Cadoudal, “did you not tell me that the murderer Thomas Millière was at Roche-Bernard?”
“I saw him enter the town side by side with the Republican colonel, who did not seem particularly flattered by such companionship.”
“Did you not add that he was followed by his guillotine?”
“I told you his guillotine followed between two cannon, and I believe if the cannon could have got away the guillotine would have been left to go its way alone.”
“What precautions does Millière take in the towns he visits?”
“He has a special guard about him, and the streets around his house are barricaded. He carries pistols always at hand.”
“In spite of that guard, in spite of that barricade and the pistols, will you undertake to reach him?”