"She escaped in the disguise of a servant, and is now wandering in the open fields." "Ah, what sorrow! May the good Lord support her under it!" "Ay, and the many other women who are in similar case.

Numbers of them are at this instant cowering in the cold and darkness in ditches and under hedges." "Monsieur Laccassagne might well say he could hope for no rest on this side heaven," said my father, bitterly.

"How can he rest, knowing that his excellent wife, accustomed to every comfort, is now an outcast for her faith--the faith which he has denied ?" "Well, I wish I could have brought you more cheerful news," said La Croissette, rising.

"In truth, you need it, in this dismal hole, to keep up your spirits.

Tell me, now, good sir, how long do you expect to be able, you and yours, to hold out ?" "Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof," said my father.