Once there, we should be able to take berths in a ship bound somewhere abroad--it matters little where--and thence get a passage to England.

Most probably we shall be able to arrange to go direct from Toulon, for there are sure to be vessels coming and going with stores for the British fleet." "But that would be a terrible journey, Jean," his wife said.
"Yes, I think that would be quite out of the question.

It seems to me that our best chance would be either to cross the Loire and then make for Le Mans, and so up through Alencon to Honfleur--that way we should be east of the disturbed district--or, if we found that a vast number of fugitives had made their way into Brittany, as is almost certain to be the case, we might bear more to the east, and go up through Vendome and Chartres and Evreux, and then branch off and strike the Seine near Honfleur.

In that case we should be outside the district where they would be searching for fugitives from here.
"Once on the seashore, or on the Seine, it would be hard if we could not steal a fishing boat, and cross the Channel.

However, one must of course be guided by circumstances.