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           Thisamusedhimsometimesalittle,andmadehimendurethesiegewithpatience;butitdidnotpreventhisgettingverytired,orfromtalkingateverymomentofreturningtoParissothatifthemessengersandthespieshadfailed,hisEminence,notwithstandingallhisinventiveness,wouldhavefoundhimselfmuchembarrassed.

           Nevertheless,timepassedon,andtheRochellaisdidnotsurrender.Thelastspythatwastakenwasthebearerofaletter.ThislettertoldBuckinghamthatthecitywasatanextremity;butinsteadofadding,"Ifyoursuccordoesnotarrivewithinfifteendays,wewillsurrender,"itadded,quitesimply,"Ifyoursuccorcomesnotwithinfifteendays,weshallallbedeadwithhungerwhenitcomes."

           TheRochellais,then,hadnohopebutinBuckingham.BuckinghamwastheirMessiah.ItwasevidentthatiftheyonedaylearnedpositivelythattheymustnotcountonBuckingham,theircouragewouldfailwiththeirhope.

           Thecardinallooked,then,withgreatimpatienceforthenewsfromEnglandwhichwouldannouncetohimthatBuckinghamwouldnotcome.

           Thequestionofcarryingthecitybyassault,thoughoftendebatedinthecounciloftheking,hadbeenalwaysrejected.Inthefirstplace,LaRochelleappearedimpregnable.Thenthecardinal,whateverhesaid,verywellknewthatthehorrorofbloodshedinthisencounter,inwhichFrenchmanwouldcombatagainstFrenchman,wasaretrogrademovementofsixtyyearsimpresseduponhispolicy;andthecardinalwasatthatperiodwhatwenowcallamanofprogress.

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