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 I will participate in the infamy which you propose to me." These words
produced their effect; those most resolved on submission were turned
from their project, and all retired from his presence abashed, and
determined to suffer still. But the famine continued, increased, no
succour arrived, and human fortitude could endure no more; the
Rochellois opened their gates, and Richelieu was triumphant. But where
was Jean Guiton?--that question remains to be answered to this day. He
was never seen more; some have thought that he was assassinated by those
who feared his resentment or his opposition; or by those who considered
him still formidable, though fallen; others imagined that the king, to
whom his talents as a seaman were known, and who admired the firmness of
his character, had seduced him, by offers of great advantage, to abandon
his party and enter his service. There is a tradition that he
distinguished himself in the armies of Louis, under an assumed name, and
became a terror to the enemies of France. Again, he is said to have been
condemned to perpetual imprisonment; and again, to have spent his days
in exile from his native land, having fled from the town at the time of
its reduction. Whatever his fate may have been, it is unknown; and
conjecture alone fills up the blank. It is difficult to imagine that a
man such as he could listen to offers of advantage, or would have
betrayed the cause for which he was ready to sacrifice his life: that he
died in exile, unable to endure to see the destruction of his hopes, is
more probable. The painter has chosen the moment when the citizens are
making their last appeal, and he has succeeded in conveying the feeling
and interest of the scene in an eminent degree; it is im