As to Francois, he has long been eager to join in the fighting, and it is only his fidelity that has constrained him to remain in what he considers is a disgraceful position, when every other man who can bear arms is fighting.

We will therefore take him with us and, when the day of battle comes, he will join the fighting men and, if we are defeated, must care for his own safety.
"When we fight, I shall always leave you at a village, a mile or two away.

You will have the horse ready to mount, and we shall join you at once, if we are defeated." "We ought to be disguised, Jean," Leigh said.
"It would be well," Jean said, "but I hardly see what disguise would be of use to us.

Certainly not that of peasants, for in that dress we should be shot down, without question, by the first party of Blues we came across.

Even if we succeed in reaching the river and crossing it, we may be sure that the authorities will be everywhere on the lookout for fugitive peasants.