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Ball of Fat 1
For several days in succession fragments of a defeated army had passed through the town. They were mere disorganized bands, not disciplined forces. The men wore long, dirty beards and tattered uniforms; they advanced in listless fashion, without a flag, without a leader. All seemed exhausted, worn out, incapable of thought or resolve, marching onward merely by force of habit, and dropping to the ground with fatigue the moment they halted. One saw, in particular, many enlisted men, peaceful citizens, men who lived quietly on their income, bending beneath the weight of their rifles; and little active volunteers, easily frightened but full of enthusiasm, as eager to attack as they were ready to take to flight; and amid these, a sprinkling of red-breeched soldiers, the pitiful remnant of a division cut down in a great battle; somber artillerymen, side by side with nondescript foot-soldiers; and, here and there, the gleaming helmet of a heavy-footed dragoon who had difficulty in keeping up with the quicker pace of the soldiers of the line. Legions of irregulars with high-sounding names "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," "Brethren in Death"—passed in their turn, looking like banditti. Their leaders, former drapers or grain merchants, or tallow or soap chandlers—warriors by force of circumstances, officers by reason of their mustachios or their money—covered with weapons, flannel and gold lace, spoke in an impressive manner, discussed plans of campaign, and behaved as though they alone bore the fortunes of dying France on their braggart shoulders; though, in truth, they frequently were afraid of their own men—scoundrels often brave beyond measure, but pillagers and debauchees.
Rumor had it that the Prussians were about to enter Rouen.
The members of the National Guard, who for the past two months had been
reconnoitering with the utmost caution in the neighboring woods, occasionally
shooting their own sentinels, and making ready for fight whenever a rabbit
rustled in the undergrowth, had now returned to their homes. Their arms, their
uniforms, all the death-dealing paraphernalia with which they had terrified all
the milestones along the highroad for eight miles round, had suddenly and
marvellously disappeared.
The last of the French soldiers had just crossed the Seine on their way to Pont-Audemer,
through Saint-Sever and Bourg-Achard, and in their rear the vanquished general,
powerless to do aught with the forlorn remnants of his army, himself dismayed at
the final overthrow of a nation accustomed to victory and disastrously beaten
despite its legendary bravery, walked between two orderlies.
Then a profound calm, a shuddering, silent dread, settled on the city. Many a
round-paunched citizen, emasculated by years devoted to business, anxiously
awaited the conquerors, trembling lest his roasting-jacks or kitchen knives
should be looked upon as weapons.
Life seemed to have stopped short; the shops were shut, the streets deserted.
Now and then an inhabitant, awed by the silence, glided swiftly by in the shadow
of the walls. The anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of the
enemy.
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