Some of the soldiery had military clothes, old militia uniforms, or the rebel trappings of '37; others, less fortunate, wore their trousers in long boots, their coats buttoned lightly over their chests, and belted in; and the Napoleonic cockade was in every cap.
"My children," said Valmond at last, "I see that your hearts are strong, and that you have the bodies of true men.

We have sworn fealty to each other, and the badge of our love is in your caps.

Let us begin our journey home.

I will come down among you: I will come down among you, and I will lead you from Pontiac to the sea, gathering comrades as we go; then across the sea, to France; then to Paris and the Tuileries, where an Orleans usurps the place of a Napoleon." He descended and mounted his waiting horse.

At that moment De la Riviere appeared on the balcony, and, stepping forward, said: "My friends, do you know what you are doing?
This is folly.