Those who have not breakfasted in half an hour are notified that they must fight on empty stomachs." The invitation seemed equivalent to an order, so promptly and precisely was it executed.

Every man pulled from his bag or his pocket a bit of bread or a buckwheat cake, and followed the example of his general, who had already divided the chicken between Roland and himself.

As there was but one glass, both officers shared it.
While they were thus breakfasting, side by side, like two friends on a hunt, the sun rose, and, as Cadoudal had predicted, the mist became less and less dense.

Soon the nearest trees could be distinguished; then the line of the woods, stretching to the right from Meucon to Grand-champ, while to the left the plain of Plescop, threaded by a rivulet, sloped gradually toward Vannes.

This natural declivity of the ground became more and more perceptible as it neared the ocean.
On the road from Grandchamp to Plescop, a line of wagons were now visible, the tail of which was still hidden in the woods.