"When we are all dead," said Louison.
"Of loneliness?" said the old count, with a smile.
"No; of old age," said Louison, quickly.
"When the army goes into Canada it will go into trouble," said the Comte de Chaumont, speaking in French. "We shall have to get you out of captivity, captain."
"Louise would rescue him," said her sister. "She has influence there."
"Would you pay my ransom?" I inquired, turning to her.
"With my life," said she, solemnly.
"Greater love hath no man than this," said the good Père Joulin, smiling as the others laughed.
"And none has greater obligation," said Louise, blushing with embarrassment. "Has he not brought us three out of captivity?"
"Well, if I am taken," I said, "nothing can bring me back unless it be—"
"A miracle?" the baroness prompted as I paused.
"Yes; even a resurrection," was my answer. "I know what it means for a man to be captured there these days."
