To have betrayed too much haste to be gone might have proved as
dangerous as a long delay; and our horses needed rest. But an
hour before noon next day I gave the order and we mounted in the
square, in the presence of a mixed mob of soldiers and townsfolk,
whom it needed but a spark to kindle. I took care that that
spark should be wanting, however; and to that end I compelled
Bareilles to mount and ride with us as far as Saury. Here, where
I found the inn burned and the woman murdered, I should have done
no more than justice had I hung him as well; and I think that he
half expected it. But reflecting that he had a score of
relations in Poitou who might give trouble, and, besides that,
his position called for some degree of consideration, I parted
with him gravely, and hastened to put as many leagues between us
as possible. That night we slept at Crozant, and the next at St.
Gaultier.
It was chiefly in consequence of the observations I made during
this journey that Henry, in the following October, marched into
the Limousin with a considerable force and received the
submission of the governors.
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