'First, in the Place de la Grève, where I passed my rapier fairly through him.'
'And secondly?'
'At Sezanne; but I am bound in honour not to say how.'
'But your project?' said Hepburn, stroking his moustache.
'Since my name has been mentioned in connection with this affair,' said I, with a bitterness which I had some trouble in concealing, 'I will undertake to destroy yonder battery, or perish in the attempt.
'You will!' he exclaimed with joy.
'To the brave all things are possible.'
'Turenne, de Toneins, Arpajou, Ramsay, and I, all consider ourselves pretty brave fellows; yet you see, my boy, we have all failed in turn.'
'But your example has given me double courage.'
'I thank you, Blane. 'Tis spoken like your father's son! But how many men do you require?'