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CHAPTER VII. — CATHELINEAU’S MOTHER.
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The old motto, attributing disrespect to every prophet in his own country, had not been proved true with reference to Cathelineau in St. Florent. His deeds, during the short period of his triumph, had been celebrated1 there with general admiration2, and since his death, his memory had been almost adored. The people of the town had had no public means of showing their appreciation3 of his valour; they had not as yet had time to erect4 monuments to his honour, or to establish other chronicles of his virtues5, than those which were written in the hearts of his townsmen. He had left an aged6 mother behind him, who had long been dependent on his exertions7 for support, and they had endeavoured to express their feeling of his services, by offering to place her beyond the reach of poverty; but, unaccountably enough, she was the only person in St. Florent, who was dissatisfied with her son’s career, and angry with the town which had induced him to adopt it.
She still lived in a small cottage near the extremity8 of St. Florent, which had been the residence of Cathelineau as long as he supported himself by his humble9 calling. It was now wrecked10 and shattered, and showed those certain signs of ruin which quickly fall on the dwellings11 of the aged poor, who have no young relatives round them. Here she would sit and spin, seldom now interrupted by any; though at first her neighbours used to flock
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