"There is the spirit of revolution in the bold words you have uttered, Master," cried Coligny, thoughtfully.
"Of revolution?" Ambroise coolly rejoined. "Why, I am talking about revolution."
The three leaders looked at one another in surprise. Their looks seemed to say, "This man is much stronger even than we supposed."
Gabriel did not forget for a moment the engrossing anxiety of his whole life; but he was now applying to it what he had just heard, and was lost in thought.
Theodore de Bèze said most earnestly to the outspoken surgeon,—
"It is absolutely necessary that you should join us. What do you ask?"
"Nothing more than the privilege of conversing with you now and then, and of submitting to your intelligence and knowledge such difficulties as I still encounter."
"You shall have more than that," said Theodore de Bèze; "you shall correspond directly with Calvin."
"Such an honor for me!" cried Ambroise Paré, flushing with delight.
"Yes, it is essential that you should know him, and he you," rejoined the admiral. "Such a disciple as you are deserves a master like him. You hand your letters to your friend La Renaudie, and we will see that they reach Geneva. We will also hand you his replies. They will not be long in coming. You have heard of Calvin's extraordinary powers of application; and you will be satisfied."