Your name is honored in the regiment.

We knew how you rallied the line; how you took the Eagle; how you threw it into the river rather than permit it to be taken.

We thought you were killed." "My life was spared," was the solemn answer.
"But why did you not rejoin the regiment ?" "I was in prison at Salzburg, and for some reason was overlooked, perhaps because it was thought I was dead, and then for some months I was helpless, ill of a horrible fever.

It was only two months ago that I was set free, with this lad here, who stood beside me before the bridge at Arcis.

We learned through unofficial sources that the regiment was here.