With the rest I shall fall on Bluecher." The young man's eyes sparkled.

He had been bending over the map.

He drew himself up and saluted.
"It is the Emperor at his best," he said.
"You have studied the art of war, young sir ?" "I have read every one of your majesty's campaigns." "And you see what I would do ?" "Not altogether, but----" "Fall upon the flank of the unsuspecting Prussian, burst through his line, break his center, turn to the right or left, beat him in detail, drive him back, relieve Paris, and then----" "And then, Sire ?" "Come back and do the same thing with Schwarzenberg!" "Your majesty!" cried the young soldier, as the whole mighty plan was made clear to him.
"Ha! It brightens your eyes and flushes your cheek, does it not?
So it will brighten the eyes and flush the cheeks of France.

I will show them.

In six weeks I will drive them across the Rhine.