13/21 I have faith in your fortunes." "You mistake me for Caesar, Sebastiani!" "Faith! I might make worse mistakes. Besides, down below in the courtyard there are forty officers or more, of all classes, without pay, whom the Directory has left in the most complete destitution for the last year. You are their only hope, general; they are ready to die for you." "That's right. Go to your regiment, and take leave of it." "Take leave of it? Go, go!" Sebastiani did not wait to be told twice. |