[120] Some exception may perhaps be taken to the evidence of D'Usson; for undoubtedly he, like every Frenchman who had held any command in the Irish army, was weary of his banishment, and impatient to see Paris again.

But it is certain that even Sarsfield had lost heart.

Up to this time his voice had been for stubborn resistance.

He was now not only willing, but impatient to treat.

[121] It seemed to him that the city was doomed.