"It gives me, not a kick from behind--I've not had much else lately--but it holds a light in front of me.

It calls me.

It says, 'March on, Jean Jacques--climb the mountain.' It summons me to dispose my forces for the campaign which will restore the Manor Cartier to what it has ever been since the days of the Baron of Beaugard.

It quickens the blood at my heart.

It restores--" Virginie would not allow him to go on.