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It is now nine, and I shall have barely time to carry your answer to headquarters. To this sharp summons De Wimpffen answered that he could not decide until he knew the result of the interview between the emperor and the king. 'That interview, said the stern captain, 'will not in any way affect the military operations, which can only he determined by the generals who have full power to resume or stop the strife. It was, indeed, as Lebrun remarked, useless to argue with a captain charged to state a fact; and at the general's suggestion De Wimpffen agreed to accompany Captain von Zingler to the German headquarters.
A patented material of this description is due to Zingler, who boils the canvas or similar woven fabric under pressure in a solution of tungstate of soda for three hours. It is then transferred to a bath of acetate of lead solution, and drained, dried, and stretched.
In the midst of these mournful deliberations Captain von Zingler, a messenger from Von Moltke, entered, and the scene became still more exciting. 'I am instructed, he said, 'to remind you how urgent it is that you should come to a decision. At ten o'clock, precisely, if you have not come to a resolution, the German batteries will fire on Sedan.
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