Not that he had any bodily fear, but the incident was so fraught with consequences which a man as experienced as he could so easily foresee, appreciate and dread, that its possibilities oppressed his heart.

Young Frank Yeovil was all excitement, however.

Napoleon had been buried in Elba, but none mentioned his name in any country in Europe without a thrill.

Few do it now without a thrill, for that matter.

The young man, modestly in the background, as was proper, leaned forward in his saddle and stared at the approaching men and the figure to the fore.