I woke him, and told him what I had seen.

He feigned at first to disbelieve me, then leaped from his bed, ran to the window, and, convinced of the sudden change, he calmly said, "What! before the middle of October! What a country is this! Well, we must make peace!" While he hastily put on his clothes I read the journals to him, as was my daily custom.

He paid but little attention to them.
Shutting himself up with me in his closet, he reviewed with the greatest care all the returns from the different corps of his army.

"Here are," said he, "nearly 80,000 effective men.

I feed, I pay them: but I can bring but 60,000 into the field on the day of battle.