Waterloo: A sequel to The Conscript of 1813

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Erckmann-Chatrian. Waterloo: A sequel to The Conscript of 1813

Waterloo: A sequel to The Conscript of 1813

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People were heard shouting, "There it is, there it is!"

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A mounted hussar was looking out into the night

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The Emperor, his hands behind his back, and his head bent forward

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He had had the courage to pull up the bucket

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Combat of Hougoumont Farm

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Erckmann-Chatrian

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The people were indignant. There never was anything like it! When he had finished speaking, I looked at Mr. Goulden, who laughed softly, and said: "Listen! listen!"

Of course I listened; the young preacher prayed to God for this infidel, and then he spoke so beautifully that the crowd was entranced. The big thin man replied, saying, "They had done right to guillotine Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette, and all the family." The indignation increased, and the men from Bois-de-Chênes, and especially their wives, wanted to get into the pew to knock him down, but just then Sirou came up, crying "Room! room!" and old Koekli in his red gown threw himself before the man, who escaped into the sacristy, raising his hands to heaven and declaring that he was converted, and that he renounced the devil and all his works. Then the preacher made a prayer for the soul of the sinner. It was a real triumph for religion.

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