"No; one bullet carried off the first finger of his right hand; the other wounded him seriously in the left arm. Paré"—the king's own surgeon—"is attending him. They say Charles is furious, but I do not know; all his family are accomplished actors. Were you there? Did you see it done? Tell us all about it," and they gathered round as Felix described the incident and the search in the empty house.
"Guise is the real murderer!" exclaimed one angrily.
"Or Anjou!"
"Or both!"
"If Charles doesn't punish them, we won't rest till we have made an end of him and his whole stock!"
"'Tis likely he is as guilty as the rest!"
"And Coligny trusts him implicitly!"
"The Admiral is too trustful and kind-hearted! Did you hear what he said to Des Pruneaux? 'I forgive freely and with all my heart both him that struck me and those who incited him to do it.' If I catch the fellow, I will tear him limb from limb!"
"Let us capture Guise and Anjou," cried Felix, "and if the Admiral dies hang them both."
"Bravo, Bellièvre! There's sense in that! To arms, my friends! We will have vengeance!" and a number of the most hot-headed were rushing out wildly when a cry arose of "Navarre! Navarre!" and, going to the street, we saw Henry of Navarre accompanied by five or six hundred Huguenot gentlemen.