[The Eagle of the Empire by Cyrus Townsend Brady]@TWC D-Link bookThe Eagle of the Empire CHAPTER XXVII 4/17
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St.Laurent, to the town with the tidings!" "By God, no," growled Yeovil, as St.Laurent saluted and galloped rapidly down the road.
"I am going to see the end of this.
The damned cravens!" he muttered, looking at the soldiers. "And yet," continued Napoleon to the troops, "you presented your guns at me." "Sire," cried one of the veterans, dropping his musket and running his ramrod down the barrel, "it is not loaded.
We only went through the motions." The Emperor laughed.
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