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Updated: May 18, 2025
In the end the men, standing at rest with ordered arms, began to become impatient. Jean's squad, whose position happened to be opposite a break in the line of poplars where the sun had a fair chance at them, felt themselves particularly aggrieved. "Guess we must be the rear-guard," Loubet observed with good-natured raillery.
"Pardi!" exclaimed Loubet, "it's not such a difficult matter to cut a dash when one travels with a coach and four!" The staff had found Altkirch free from the enemy; not a Prussian had shown his face there yet.
"I don't want to be regarded as a devourer of Frenchmen," was a remark made on one of these occasions; on another he praised President Loubet; and on a third he had a good word even for the Socialist Jaures. When Borchart had finished and naively expressed satisfaction with his own work the Emperor said, "Na, na, friend Borchart, not so proud; it is for us to criticize."
And now the pale dawn was appearing at the portals of the east, heralding a day heavy with bitterest sorrow and striking white upon the silent tents, in one of which began to be visible the ashy faces of Loubet and Lapoulle, of Chouteau and of Pache, who were snoring still with wide-open mouths.
Why doesn't the Demon get up a conversation machine that will speak all languages?" By dint of much inquiry, however, and after walking several miles following ambiguous directions, he managed to reach the residence of President Loubet. But there he was politely informed that the President was busily engaged in his garden, and would see no one. "That's all right," said the boy, calmly.
And when the splendid cortege filed by at the close, delight and satisfaction beamed on every face. M. Loubet was so dignified, folks said, Madame Loubet was so well dressed, the deportment of M. Waldeck Rousseau was perfect, M. Deschanel handsomer than ever, and so on, every member of the Czar's, or rather the President's, entourage winning approval.
"Heavens and earth!" growled Chouteau, "do they take us for tops?" And Loubet chimed in: "Those cheap-John generals of ours are all at sea again! They must think that men's legs are cheap." The anger and disgust were general. It was not right to make men suffer like that, just for the fun of walking them up and down the country.
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