One more march, one more battle for----" he hesitated a moment--"for me," he said with magnificent egotism and audacity.

"I have not forgotten how to lead, nor you to follow.

We will show them that at the great game of war we are still master players.

Come, if there be one too weary to walk, he shall have his Emperor's horse and I will march afoot as I have often done for France." He spoke with all his old force and power.

The tremendous personal magnetism of the man was never more apparent.