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Jos
's
spirits
rose
with
his
meal
.
He
would
drink
the
regiment
's
health
;
or
,
indeed
,
take
any
other
excuse
to
indulge
in
a
glass
of
champagne
.
"
We
'll
drink
to
O'Dowd
and
the
brave
--
th
,
"
said
he
,
bowing
gallantly
to
his
guest
.
"
Hey
,
Mrs.
O'Dowd
?
Fill
Mrs.
O'Dowd
's
glass
,
Isidor
.
"
But
all
of
a
sudden
,
Isidor
started
,
and
the
Major
's
wife
laid
down
her
knife
and
fork
.
The
windows
of
the
room
were
open
,
and
looked
southward
,
and
a
dull
distant
sound
came
over
the
sun-lighted
roofs
from
that
direction
.
"
What
is
it
?
"
said
Jos.
"
Why
do
n't
you
pour
,
you
rascal
?
"
"
Cest
le
feu
!
"
said
Isidor
,
running
to
the
balcony
.
"
God
defend
us
;
it
's
cannon
!
"
Mrs
O'Dowd
cried
,
starting
up
,
and
followed
too
to
the
window
.
A
thousand
pale
and
anxious
faces
might
have
been
seen
looking
from
other
casements
.
And
presently
it
seemed
as
if
the
whole
population
of
the
city
rushed
into
the
streets
.
We
of
peaceful
London
City
have
never
beheld
--
and
please
God
never
shall
witness
--
such
a
scene
of
hurry
and
alarm
,
as
that
which
Brussels
presented
.
Crowds
rushed
to
the
Namur
gate
,
from
which
direction
the
noise
proceeded
,
and
many
rode
along
the
level
chaussée
,
to
be
in
advance
of
any
intelligence
from
the
army
.
Each
man
asked
his
neighbour
for
news
;
and
even
great
English
lords
and
ladies
condescended
to
speak
to
persons
whom
they
did
not
know
.
The
friends
of
the
French
went
abroad
,
wild
with
excitement
,
and
prophesying
the
triumph
of
their
Emperor
.
The
merchants
closed
their
shops
,
and
came
out
to
swell
the
general
chorus
of
alarm
and
clamour
.
Women
rushed
to
the
churches
,
and
crowded
the
chapels
,
and
knelt
and
prayed
on
the
flags
and
steps
.
The
dull
sound
of
the
cannon
went
on
rolling
,
rolling
.
Presently
carriages
with
travellers
began
to
leave
the
town
,
galloping
away
by
the
Ghent
barrier
.
The
prophecies
of
the
French
partisans
began
to
pass
for
facts
.
"
He
has
cut
the
armies
in
two
,
"
it
was
said
.
"
He
is
marching
straight
on
Brussels
.
He
will
overpower
the
English
,
and
be
here
to-night
.
"
"
He
will
overpower
the
English
,
"
shrieked
Isidor
to
his
master
,
"
and
will
be
here
to-night
.
"
The
man
bounded
in
and
out
from
the
lodgings
to
the
street
,
always
returning
with
some
fresh
particulars
of
disaster
.
Jos
's
face
grew
paler
and
paler
.
Alarm
began
to
take
entire
possession
of
the
stout
civilian
.
All
the
champagne
he
drank
brought
no
courage
to
him
.
Before
sunset
he
was
worked
up
to
such
a
pitch
of
nervousness
as
gratified
his
friend
Isidor
to
behold
,
who
now
counted
surely
upon
the
spoils
of
the
owner
of
the
laced
coat
.
The
women
were
away
all
this
time
.
After
hearing
the
firing
for
a
moment
,
the
stout
Major
's
wife
bethought
her
of
her
friend
in
the
next
chamber
,
and
ran
in
to
watch
,
and
if
possible
to
console
,
Amelia
.
The
idea
that
she
had
that
helpless
and
gentle
creature
to
protect
,
gave
additional
strength
to
the
natural
courage
of
the
honest
Irishwoman
.
She
passed
five
hours
by
her
friend
's
side
,
sometimes
in
remonstrance
,
sometimes
talking
cheerfully
,
oftener
in
silence
and
terrified
mental
supplication
.
"
I
never
let
go
her
hand
once
,
"
said
the
stout
lady
afterwards
,
"
until
after
sunset
,
when
the
firing
was
over
.
"
Pauline
,
the
bonne
,
was
on
her
knees
at
church
hard
by
,
praying
for
son
homme
a
elle
.
When
the
noise
of
the
cannonading
was
over
,
Mrs.
O'Dowd
issued
out
of
Amelia
's
room
into
the
parlour
adjoining
,
where
Jos
sate
with
two
emptied
flasks
,
and
courage
entirely
gone
.
Once
or
twice
he
had
ventured
into
his
sister
's
bedroom
,
looking
very
much
alarmed
,
and
as
if
he
would
say
something
.
But
the
Major
's
wife
kept
her
place
,
and
he
went
away
without
disburthening
himself
of
his
speech
.
He
was
ashamed
to
tell
her
that
he
wanted
to
fly
.
But
when
she
made
her
appearance
in
the
dining-room
,
where
he
sate
in
the
twilight
in
the
cheerless
company
of
his
empty
champagne
bottles
,
he
began
to
open
his
mind
to
her
.
