about three in the morning
He desired her to give various messages from him to the Vendean chiefs , but especially to de Lescure , to whom he said he looked with most hope for a successful issue to the struggle . He begged that they might be told that his last breath was spent in advising that they should make one great , combined , and final effort for the total overthrow of republicanism in France , and not fritter away their strength in prolonged contests with an enemy so infinitely their superior in numbers . Agatha promised faithfully to be a true messenger of these last injunctions , and then she saw the Vendean chief expire in perfect tranquillity , happy in an assured hope of everlasting joy . He died about three in the morning , and before five , Henri Larochejaquelin arrived at St. Laurent from Clisson . He had ridden hard through the previous day and the entire night , with the hope of once more seeing the leader , whom he had followed with so much devotion , and valued so truly ; but he was too late . He caught his sister in his arms as he ran up the hospital stairs . `` Where is he ? ''