To me, if Francois has gone, Philip will stand almost in the light of a son.

Francois loved him as a brother, and he has grown very dear to me, and gladly shall I welcome you as his wife.
"Now, come with me.
"Philip, I leave it to you to send round the news to the tenants, and to see that all preparations are made to leave the chateau, once again, to the mercy of our foes; and to retire to La Rochelle, where alone we can talk with safety.

See that the bell is rung at once.

The tenants know the summons and, though little expecting danger, will quickly rally here." Philip at once went out into the courtyard, and in a minute the sharp clanging of the bell told the country round that danger threatened.

The retainers of the chateau ran hastily out, arming themselves as they went; and exclamations of horror and fury broke from them, as Philip told them that the order for the massacre of the Huguenots, throughout France, had gone forth; and that already, most of those who rode to Paris with the King of Navarre had fallen.
Then he repeated the countess's order that, upon the following morning, the chateau should be abandoned and all should ride to La Rochelle; and he despatched half a dozen mounted men, to warn all the Huguenot gentry in the district.
In a few minutes the tenants began to flock in.