The men thrilled to his glance.

"-- --'when the violets bloom again,'" he said, using the mystic poetic phrase which had become so widely current.
"God speed the day!" burst out some deep voiced veteran.
"Amen, amen!" "_Vive l'Empereur_!" "Let us save the Eagle!" The whole room was in tumult of nervous cries.
"_Vive le brave Marteau_!" finally said Drehon when he could get a hearing.

"He has given us back our honor, our life." The emotions of the moment were too much.

Reckless of what might happen, the room instantly rang with loud acclaim in response to this appeal.

The soldiers sprang to their feet, moved by irresistible emotion.