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[_Bursting out._]
Be d.a.m.ned!
SEVERAL MASKS.
[_Laughing._]
Bravo the Veteran!
GENTZ.
[_To_ FLAMBEAU.]
Nicholas!--Have a quail.
FLAMBEAU.
[_Taking the dish._]
But Nicholas was good at winning battles.
A MASK.
And what a funny court he sc.r.a.ped together!
SECOND MASK.
If you talked t.i.tles, pedigrees, precedence, There wasn't a soul who had a word to say.
FLAMBEAU.
Wasn't Cambronne at Court to say the word?
A MASK.
But--in war--
FLAMBEAU.
Oh--!
SECOND MASK.
What did he do?
ANOTHER MASK.
Why, wrote reports.
A MASK.
And always stood about on distant hills.
FLAMBEAU.
By G.o.d--!
THE DUKE.
Hus.h.!.+
TIBURTIUS.
Once a ball was good enough To wound him in the foot at Ratisbon: Enough to make a subject for a picture.
FLAMBEAU.
[_To the_ DUKE.]
Be calm--!
THE DUKE.
Be calm--!
FLAMBEAU.
Just take away this knife.
TIBURTIUS.
In short--
THE DUKE.
He'd best be careful what he says.
FLAMBEAU.
You must put up with it!
THE DUKE.
Not for an Empire!
TIBURTIUS.
In short this hero was--
