We have made a wager--a wager which could not have been foreseen, and of which I defy anyone to divine the true cause.

We are going, in order to win it, to remain an hour in the bastion.

Either we shall be attacked, or not.

If we are not, we shall have all the time to talk, and nobody will hear us--for I guarantee the walls of the bastion have no ears; if we are, we will talk of our affairs just the same.

Moreover, in defending ourselves, we shall cover ourselves with glory.