You ask me
about the fate of Stein and the Prussian horsemen! Of the three
who dropped upon the way I know nothing. One you will remember
that I killed. There remained five, three of whom were cut down
by my Hussars, who, for the instant, were under the impression
that it was indeed the Emperor whom they were defending. Stein
was taken, slightly wounded, and so was one of the Uhlans. The
truth was not told to them, for we thought it best that no news,
or false news, should get about as to where the Emperor was, so
that Count Stein still believed that he was within a few yards of
making that tremendous capture. "You may well love and honour
your Emperor," said he, "for such a horseman and such a swordsman
I have never seen." He could not understand why the young
colonel of Hussars laughed so heartily at his words--but he has
learned since.
VIII. The Last Adventure of the Brigadier
I will tell you no more stories, my dear friends. It is said
that man is like the hare, which runs in a circle and comes back
to die at the point from which it started.
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