, and a short and prominent chin,
embodied well the Christian faith which brought to the Reformation so
many sincere and fanatical pastors, whose courage and spirit aroused the
populations. The aide-de-camp of Calvin and Theodore de Beze contrasted
admirably with the son of the furrier. He represented the fiery cause of
which the effect was seen in Christophe.

The sailor, an impetuous being, tanned by the open air, accustomed to
dewy nights and burning days, with closed lips, hasty gestures, orange
eyes, ravenous as those of a vulture, and black, frizzled hair, was the
embodiment of an adventurer who risks all in a venture, as a gambler
stakes all on a card. His whole appearance revealed terrific passions,
and an audacity that flinched at nothing. His vigorous muscles were made
to be quiescent as well as to act. His manner was more audacious than
noble. His nose, though thin, turned up and snuffed battle. He seemed
agile and capable. You would have known him in all ages for the leader
of a party. If he were not of the Reformation, he might have been
Pizarro, Fernando Cortez, or Morgan the Exterminator,--a man of violent
action of some kind.

The fourth man, sitting on a thwart wrapped in his cloak, belonged,
evidently, to the highest portion of society. The fineness of his linen,
its cut, the material and scent of his clothing, the style and skin of
his gloves, showed him to be a man of courts, just as his bearing, his
haughtiness, his composure and his all-embracing glance proved him to
be a man of war. The aspect of this personage made a spectator uneasy in
the first place, and then inclined him to respect. We respect a man
who respects himself. Though short and deformed, his manners instantly
redeemed the disadvantages of his figure. The ice once broken, he showed
a lively rapidity of decision, with an indefinable dash and fire which
made him seem affable and winning. He had the blue eyes and the curved
nose of the house of Navarre, and the Spanish cut of the marked features
which were in after days the type of the Bourbon kings.

In a word, the scene now assumed a startling interest.

"Well," said Chaudieu, as young Lecamus ended his speech, "this boatman
is La Renaudie. And here is Monsiegneur the Prince de Conde," he added,
motioning to the deformed little man.

Thus these four men represented the faith of the people, the spirit
of the Scriptures, the mailed hand of the soldier, and royalty itself
hidden in