As for me, I would make my way there on foot, get the horses, and rejoin you." "It was a good idea, Pierre, and promptly carried out.

But no one here has much thought of danger, and I feel ashamed of myself at being the only one to feel uneasy." "The wise man is uneasy while the fool sleeps," Pierre said.

"If the Prince of Conde had been uneasy, the night before Jarnac, he would not have lost his life, and we should not have lost a battle.
No harm has been done.

If danger does come, we at least are prepared for it." "You are quite right, Pierre.

However surely he may count upon victory, a good general always lays his plans in case of defeat.