" M. de Bussy insists, and entreats them to go,
offering to abandon "his terrier," that is to say all his seignorial
dues, if they will only accompany him and arrest this destruction.
They refuse to do so. He perseveres, and, on being informed that
the chateau of Juillenas is in peril, he collects, after great
efforts, a body of one hundred and fifty men of his parish, and,
marching with them, arrives in time to save the chateau, which a mob
was about to set on fire. But the popular excitement, which he had
just succeeded in calming at Juillenas, has gained the upper hand
amongst his own troop: the brigands have seduced his men, "which
obliges him to lead them back, while, along the road, they seem
inclined to fire at him." - Having returned, he is followed with
threats even to his own house: a band comes to attack his chateau;
finding it on the defensive, they insist on being led to that of
Courcelles. - ?In the midst of all this violence M. de Bussy, with
about fifteen friends and tenants, succeeds in protecting himself
and, by dint of patience, energy, and cool blood, without killing or
wounding a single man, ends in bringing back security throughout the
whole canton.
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