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CHAPTER IX. — LA PETITE VEND脡E.
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For four or five days they all remained quiet in Laval, with nothing to disturb their tranquillity1, but rumours2 of what was going on on both sides of the river. The men, with the exception of the old Marquis and de Lescure, were hard at work from morning until night; but they had hardly time or patience to describe accurately3 what was going on, to those who were left within; and the time passed very heavily with them. Two sofas had been carried to the windows of the sitting-room4 which they occupied. These windows looked out into the main thoroughfare of the town, and here the Marquis and the wounded man were placed, so that they might see all that was passing in the street. Various reports reached them from time to time, a few of which were confirmed, many proved to be false, and some still remained doubtful; but two facts were positively5 ascertained6. Firstly, that the main army of the republicans had passed the river at Angers, and were advancing towards Laval; and secondly7, that there was a considerable number of Breton peasants, already under arms, in the country, who were harassing8 the blues9 whenever they could meet them in small parties, and very frequently menacing the garrisons10 which they found in the small towns.
This last circumstance created a great deal of surprise, not so much from the fact of the Bretons having taken up arms against the Convention, as from a certain degree of mystery which were attached to the men who were roving about the country. It appeared that they were all under the control of one leader, whose name was not known in Laval, but who was supposed to have taken an active part in many of the battles fought on the other side of the river. His tactics, however, were very different from those which had been practised in La Vend茅e. He never took any prisoners, or showed any quarter; but
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plume
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greasy
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confidentially
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eldest
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