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Gaspard, having rejoined his companions, thanked them for their services, told them of the state of things, and dismissed them for better times, advising them to disperse at once, and thus escape all pursuit by the soldiers. Then he returned to Petit-Pierre, whom he found in the same place, and around her the Marquis de Souday, Bertha, and a few Vendéans who would not think of their own safety till certain of hers.
"Well," asked Petit-Pierre when Gaspard returned to her alone, "have they gone?"