“You are an intelligent fellow, my friend; can we count upon you?”
“You may count upon me, my lord, provided you want to make a complete upheaval of the city.”
“‘Tis that exactly. How many men, think you, you could collect together to-night?”
“Two hundred muskets and five hundred halberds.”
“Let there be only one man in every district who can do as much and by to-morrow we shall have quite a powerful army.
Are you disposed to obey Count de Rochefort?”
“I would follow him to hell, and that is saying not a little, as I believe him entirely capable of the descent.”