169/231 However small your field of action may be, promise me you will do all you can to promote peace between France and Italy; there can be no more holy task. Relate all you have seen here, all you have heard, oh! as frankly as possible. If we have faults, you certainly have faults as well. And, come, family quarrels can't last for ever!" "No doubt," Pierre answered in some embarrassment. "Unfortunately they are the most tenacious. |