“Usually, I fasted on Fridays, but this day, when I returned to Boucher’s house, I was happy to have some supper. While I was eating, the captains had a war council of their own, and then one of them came to tell me they had decided not to attack the English the following day but to wait for reinforcements. I was furious.
“I said to him, ‘You have been to your council and I to mine. And believe me, the counsel of my Lord will be put into effect, while your counsel will perish.’ What I didn’t know was that they had also decided to guard the gates to prevent any of our soldiers from going out to attack the Tourelles. I found that out the hard way the next day.”
I interrupted. “It was at this point that you repeated your prediction that you would be wounded, wasn’t it?”
“Yes, I turned to P
