Gaspard checked his plunging horse. "By God, it is from St. Germains l'Auxerrois! The Palace church.The King is in it. It is a plot against our faith. They have got the pick of us in their trap and would make an end of us."
From every house and entry men and women and priests were pouring to swell the army that pressed roaring eastwards. No one heeded the two as they sat their horses like rocks in the middle of a torrent.
"The Admiral is gone," said Gaspard with a sob in his voice. "Our few hundred spears cannot stand against the King's army. It remains for us to die with him."