【】s.
thetididnotpassaentfor,astheend
ofaugustdreg,indeepay,forthe
neahadbeenanizinga
freshar.thenhalonswasbroken
up,andthatargtothereliefofbazaiwoor
threedaysofanxiousexpectationfollohenonthe3rdof
septeercathenehroughszerland,oftheutterdefeat
andsurrehefrenchar,atsedan.
atfirst,theooterribletobetrue.peopleseed
stuhethoughtofahuhousandfrenlayingdown
theirar.tetheneherevolutionin
paris.thisexotionsangthepeople;butthe
prevailingideaseedtobethatnohere
disastersrieved.
”doyouthinkoftheneheboysaskedas,drill
over,theyhurrieduptotalkthetteroverhtheirfather.
”ost
unfortuain
barentinvolvingageof
offients,andaperfectupsetof
theaeryanizationappearslittleshortof
insanity.atthesati,itispossiblethatityarousesuch
aburstofnatiohusiashattheresistanceh,asfaras
theptiblein
faptedatallybeeofsoobstinateand
desperateaterthattheprussiansybefairly.
”thereisselyanyhopeoffuturevictoriesinthefield.raw
levies,hoathtroopsasthe
prussians,intheopen.theonlyhopeisinssesoffranctireurs
upontherearandflanksoftheene.everybridge,everywood,
everyvillageshouldbedefehedeath.inthishe
prussianshegrouandon;anditwouldbe
absolutelyiossiblefortheofeedtheirienseares,orto
bringuptheirsiegeterielagainstparis.
”thespirittodothisypossiblybeexcitedbytherevolution;
otherore
senseless,reunjustifia
nd,neverde.ithasbeeedpurelybytheradicalsand
roughsofparistheningawar
onthago,ingtoberlin.for
thesentoturoundupontheeerorinhissfortuneand,
houtnsultioffraoeffectarevolution,is
inndsilyinfaus.
”evenregardedasatterofpolicy,itisbadire.
austria,italy,andrussiatosaynothingofenglandwould,
soonerorlater,haveinterferedinfavorofaablishedeire;
buttheirsyathieshisrevolution.the
departyinalltheseuntriesyexult,buttheextre
departydonotholdthereinsofpoheir
narchsainlynotfeelcalledupontoassisttoestablish
arepublic.
”prussiaherselfintenselyaristocratiherinstitutionswill
probablyrefusetotreat,altogether,erswhohave
seizedthepohekingofprussiaisperhapsthegreatest
haterofdecraeurope.
”still,boys,thesegeskenodifferenyourduty.you
arefightingforfranpireorarepublid,as
longasfras,itisyourdutytontinue.infact,itis
hahedutyofyou,andofeveryfren,to
fight.herarisentirelygone;anditissilyuponthepluck
andenergyofherpopulationthatshehastotrust.”
”doyouthinkparis,papa”
”sheissuretodoso,boys.shehasdetherevolution,andshe
isboundtodefendit.iknoificationsare
farttobetakenbyasuddenattaditwillbea
longtibeforetheprussiansbringupasiegetrain.paris
arvedoutand,ifherpeopleareonlyhalfasbrave
astheyareturbulent,theyoughttoreiossibleforthe
prussianstoblockadesuiensele.atanyrate,france
hastonths;perhapsger,buttonthsoughttobe
quiteenough,ifherpeoplehavebutspirittosurroundtheene,
totoretreat.”
theing,bledfordrill,captaintee
addressedthenthesubje
that,hertheyapprovedordisapprovedofhadtakenplace
there,theirdutyasfrenhepresenttheywere
notpolitis,butpatriots;andhehopedthatnotawordof
politicsherps,butthateveryonewouldgive
hisustbe,hislifein
thecauseoffrance.
hisaddressisfato
then;foralreadydifferena
angthesohadexultedloudlyatthedownfallofnapoleon;
othershadsaidlittle,buttheirgloolookshadtestified
suffitlyanyangthe
geherps,espeilies,
istororleanist
priheproposal,therefore,thatnopoliticsshouldbe
discussedduringtheeeronlythat
theyingforfrance,gavegreatsatisfa;and
prosedantinuahegoodfelloherto
reigherps.
ititsfirstanization,
therpstuedoutforthefirsttiintheirunifor.theband
ofthenationalguardheadedtheastheyrcheddohehigh
streetofdijontotheparadeground;andasthespectators
cheered,theladiesheirhandkerchiefs,andtheorps
joinedinarseillaisethe
youngbarclaysfelttheircheeksflush,theirhandstightenupon
theirrifles,andtheirheartsbeathafiergingtobe
faehthehatedprussians.
adaylandby
enatfirstpreferred
thechassepots,iliar,theyweresoon
austodtothenehe
advantagenderpoitothehe
darkbroishers,overthebright
barrelsofthechassepots,
toanenelesaway.
adayinthe
eveningfrorill,theyheardagreattultin
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