She is unconquerable, austere,
Cold as the moon that swims above her
When the nights are clear.
IV
Croissy, Ile-de-France, June, 1815
Whoa! Victorine.
Devil take the mare! Ive never seen so vicious a beast.
She kicked Jules the last time she was here,
Hes been lame ever since, poor chap.
Rap! Tap!
Tap-a-tap-a-tap! Tap! Tap!
d rather be lame than dead at Waterloo, Msieu Charles.
Sacre Bleu! Dont mention Waterloo, and the damned grinning
British.
We didnt run in the old days.
There wasnt any running at Jena.
Those were decent days,
And decent men, who stood up and fought.
We never got beaten, because we wouldnt be.
See!
You would have taught them, wouldnt you, Sergeant Boignet?
But to-day its everyone for himself,
And the Emperor isnt what he was.
How the Devil do you know that?
If he was beaten, the cause
Is the green geese in his army, led by traitors.
Oh, I say no names, Monsieur Charles,
You neednt hammer so loud.
If there are any spies lurking behind the bellows,
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