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When their commander led his "demons" to an attack, he was wont to urge them thus: "Avanti, avanti, Signori briganti! Cavalieri ladroni, avanti!" A division of this legion of demons had made its way with the vice-king of Italy thus far through the belt-line, and had been intrusted with the mission mentioned in De Fervlans's letter to General Guillaume.
"I give it in all its simplicity: 'Francesi non sono tutti ladroni, ma buona parte'; which means: 'All Frenchmen are not thieves, but " "A good part are?" concluded Roland. "Yes, 'Buonaparte," replied Alfred de Barjols. Scarcely had these insolent words left the young aristocrat's lips than the plate with which Roland was playing flew from his hands and struck De Barjols full in the face.
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