When Bazaine has capitulated, and when the bubble of the Army of the Loire has burst, he will, if left to himself, declare and actually believe that Paris has surpassed in heroism and endurance Troy and Saragossa; and he will accept what is inevitable--a capitulation.

The working man, on the other hand, believes in no Army of the Loire, troubles himself little about Bazaine, and has confidence in himself alone.

Far from disliking the siege, he delights in it.

He lives at free quarters, and he walks about with a gun, that occupation of all others which is most pleasing to him.

He at least is no humbug; he has no desire to avoid danger, but rather courts it.