I regret to fail in any military duty or in respect to my seniors, but in this I represent the Marquis d'Aumenier, the Governor, aye, even the King, my master.

Whence came this Eagle ?" There was a dead silence.
"I brought it, monsieur, to my old comrades, to my old regiment," coolly said Marteau, stepping forward.
"Traitor!" exclaimed St.Laurent, confronting him boldly.
"Not so, for I have taken no oath to King Louis." "Ah, you still wear the insignia of the Corsican, I see," continued the young aide, looking more closely.

"But how about these gentlemen ?" Again the question was met by silence.
"Messieurs," said St.Laurent, "you are old soldiers of the former Emperor.

I see.

I understand.