CHAPTER VI

How matters had proceeded with the sacristan--The four-inch gun--Bard as gunner--The commander of the fort--Lieutenant Tinga--M. de Lenferna--M. Bonvilliers--Madame de Linières--The revolt of the negroes--The conditions upon which the commander of the fort signed the order--M. Moreau--M. Quinette--The Mayor of Soissons--Bard and the green plums