"The men of the regiment may not all be true.

You may be overheard." "You and all the others have taken the oath of allegiance to the King ?" "What else was there to do?
Soldiering is my trade.

They offered us commissions; the Empire was dead; the Emperor banished.

It was a living, at any rate." "But I am free, I am not bound." "You must, you will take the oath," urged Lestoype.
"How if he should come back ?" "He will not come back." "Will he not?
It is whispered everywhere," said Marteau.

"I have not passed an old soldier who did not voice the hope.