Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 250
we shall have the Alliesstorming into Paris itself. And what then ? Never! cried Philip, hotly. Paris willnever be occupied by the foes of France whilethe Emperor lives. I tell you he is master. How can he be, my Philip, with half a mil-lion men crowding him against a wall ? Citi-zen Daunou said… … HE SHOWED HER WHERE A TARTAR ARROW HAD TORN AN UGLY HOLE. We have no men left to fight for him. Lethim make peace, or his empire is doomed. I know his valor, too, said Uncle Fauriel. But your Emperor is no Frenchman. He is aCorsican. And the Corsican, like the cat, per-sists in squirming and…
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