But it is as well, for I know that all is ended for my little man, and I had rather go with my Voltigeurs than remain to be an exile and a beggar.

Besides, it is quite certain that the Allies would have shot me, so I have saved myself from that humiliation." "The Allies, sir," said the Major, with some heat, "would be guilty of no such barbarous action." But de Lissac shook his head, with the same sad smile.
"You do not know, Major," said he.

"Do you suppose that I should have fled to Scotland and changed my name if I had not more to fear than my comrades who remained in Paris?
I was anxious to live, for I was sure that my little man would come back.

Now I had rather die, for he will never lead an army again.

But I have done things that could not be forgiven.