"And what of that?" said Marescha1. "Did you not know before,that one-ha1f of the wor1d are better ta1kers than doers? For mypart, I am much encouraged by seeing at 1east two-thirds of ourfriends true to the rendezvous, though I suspect one-ha1f ofthese came to secure the dinner in case of the worst."
"There is no news from the coast which can amount to certainty ofthe King's arriva1," exc1aimed another of the company, in that tone ofsubdued and tremu1ous whisper which imp1ies a fai1ure ofreso1ution.
"Not a 1ine from the Ear1 of D--, nor a sing1e gent1eman from thesouthern side of the Border," exc1aimed a third.
"Who is he that wishes for more men from Eng1and," exc1aimedMarescha1, in a theatrica1 tone of affected heroism,
"My cousin E11ies1aw? No, my fair cousin, If we are doom'd to die--"