The six sisters of the valleys : an historical romance - University Library

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skin of a Vaudois always costs fifteen or
twenty of his best Catholics.' "
a Friend Leger," said Janavel, " my
heart is very sorrowful. My beloved wife
has long been taken from me and may have
perished, our family are outcasts, and I
have my misgivings about this army. How
many men are there ?"
" If report speaks true they are put
down at fifteen thousand in all—French,
Irish, Bavarians, Piedmontese, and a number
of bandits and outlaws whom love ofplunder
and promised indulgences have drawn to-
gether, after the examples of Alexandrini
and Cattanee. It looks as if some bloody
work were at hand."
" I do trust our deputies have not been
deceived ; but how they treated the two
who were sent the third time to Turin, when
they were waiting for the final answer
Pianesse had left the evening before, to
bring his army here as a reply to our
petitions, and the remonstrances against
!