“And Michelle, she must go too.”
“No, she must not. She is Protestant, and must take the risks with those she has chosen.”
“Étienne! and after all these years that you have known her, and when she has done you more than one good service.”
“We cannot remember anything but that she is an enemy of the Church.”
“You have said that if my father commanded I must not obey, therefore I will learn his commands, if I can. You would not desire to marry a Huguenot, Étienne.”
“That need not disturb you just now; the main thing is your safety.”
“And if I refuse to leave Michelle?”
“You know the consequences.”
“Do you think, then, that Father Bisset will not speak for me? Have I ever neglected my religious duties? And the Mother Angelique, will she not answer for me?”
“Once you go to them you will find closer bonds than those with which I would bind you.”