It was all very well for us, before, to talk of making off; but now that the worst has happened, if it were only for his sake, I should stay by him; though I think that Jean, with the responsibility of you and your child, would be justified in going." "No," Patsey said firmly, "whatever comes, we will stay together.
As Jean said, you cannot desert the cause now.

As long as there are battles to fight we must stay with them, and it is not until further fighting has become impossible that we, like others, must endeavour to shift for ourselves." "Well spoken, Patsey!" her husband said.

"That must be our course.
So long as the Vendeans hang together, with Rochejaquelein at their head, we must remain true to the cause that we have taken up.

When once again the army becomes a mass of fugitives we can, without loss of honour, and a clear consciousness that we have done our duty to the end, think of our safety.

I grant that, if one could find a safe asylum for you and our Louis in the cottage of some Breton peasant--" "No, no!" she interrupted, "that I would never consent to.