CHAPTER 11: The Attack On Nantes.
When three or four miles down the river the boat was anchored, and the two men were called into the cabin, and Leigh's scheme explained to them.
"It is a big affair, sir," Medart said thoughtfully, when Jean had concluded.

"Now, there is no love lost between us and the ruffians who carry out the committee's orders.

They call us river rats, we call them sewer rats, and there has been many fights between the fishermen and these fellows, as far back as I can remember, and lately these have been much more frequent.

If the plan was only to burn down their quarters, there are a good many who would lend a hand; because it could be done quietly, and they would have no particular reason for suspecting that it was the work of the fishermen.

But as for going into the jail, that would be different.
We should not have time, by what you say, to hunt up and kill all the warders; and it would therefore be known, at once, that we were concerned.