Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 469
uld give me up to-dayto save France — so they say ; to-morrow theywill give up France to save their own preciousheads. I alone could retrieve all. Philip fired with enthusiasm. You can, Sire.You will. Your army is gathering almost withincall. It will rally around you. In your sol-diers yet remain… … PHILIP BECOMES A STOWAWAY. (SEE PAGE 988.) Already action was becoming a task. A di-vided nation and all Europe to face ? hesaid. It is too desperate a chance. I darenot plunge France again into war. And yet —we must think of it carefully, my Philip. Then Philip remembered that Pierre was wait-ing.…
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