The Abbé

So I said! And then,

Quite, I assure you, in time’s very nick,

The saint De Vardes prays to smiled on him!

A thunder clap!—Pas de charge! En avant!

Captain Fauquemont de Buc and his Hussars!

De Buc

Warned by the saint, we galloped from Auray!

The Abbé

Like the dead leaves borne afar on the blast,