attention directed to Catinat by a comrade to whom he was
talking, stopped him, suspecting he was trying to escape. Catinat asked
what he wanted with him, and Charreau replied that if he would enter the
guard-house he would learn; as under such circumstances any examination
was to be avoided, Catinat tried to force his way out; whereupon he was
seized by Charreau and his brother-officer, and Catinat seeing that
resistance would be not only useless but harmful, allowed himself to be
taken to the guard-room.

He had been there about an hour without being recognised by any of those
who, drawn by curiosity, came to look at him, when one of the visitors in
going out said he bore a strong resemblance to Catinat; some children
hearing these words, began to shout, "Catinat is taken! Catinat is
taken!" This cry drew a large crowd to the guard-house, among others a
man whose name was Anglejas, who, looking closely at the prisoner,
recognised him and called him by name.

Instantly the guard was doubled, and Catinat searched: a psalm-book with
a silver clasp and a letter addressed to "M. Maurel, called Catinat,"
were found on him, leaving no doubt as to his identity; while he himself,
growing impatient, and desiring to end all these investigations,
acknowledged that he was Catinat and no other.

He was at once taken to the palace, where the Presidial Court was
sitting, M. de Baville and the president being occupied in trying
Ravanel, Villas, and Jonquet. On hearing the news of this important
capture, the intendant, hardly daring to believe his ears, rose and went
out to meet the prisoner, in order to convince himself that it was really
Catinat.

From the Presidial Court he was brought before the Duke of Berwick, who
addressed several questions to him, which Catinat answered; he then told
the duke he had something of importance to impart to him and to him
alone. The duke was not very anxious for a tete-a-tete with Catinat;
however, having ordered his hands to be securely bound, and telling
Sandricourt not to go away, he consented to hear what the prisoner had to
say.

Catinat then, in the presence of the duke and Sandricourt, proposed that
an exchange of prisoners should be made, the Marechal de Tallard, who was
a prisoner of war in England, being accepted in his place. Catinat added
that if this offer was not accepted, the marechal would meet the same
treatment from the English as might be meted out to him, Catinat, in