"If we could but hold out for another ten days or so, the Admiral would have got so fair a start that they would never overtake him.

But I feel sure that another twenty-four hours will see the end of it." "We might gain some time," Philip replied, "by asking for an armistice.

They probably do not know the straits to which we are reduced, and may grant us a few days." "They might do so.

At any rate, it is worth trying," De Piles agreed; and an hour later Philip went, with a flag of truce, to the royal camp.

He was taken before the Duc d'Anjou.
"I am come with proposals from the governor," he said.