"It is the great grinder of the Harberg," said he, gnashing his teeth.
Frantz said not a word; he shouldered his carbine, took aim, and fired.
Louise saw the grinder, thirty paces off in the shadow, stretch out his two long arms, and fall, face downwards, to the ground.
Frantz re-loaded his gun, smiling with a strange expression.
Hullin said: "Comrades, here is our mother; she who has given us powder, and supplied us with food for the defence of our country, and here is my child save them!"
They all replied, with one voice: "We will save them, or perish with them."
"And do not forget to tell Divès that he is to remain at the Falkenstein till further orders."
"All right, Master Jean-Claude."
"Then forward, doctor, forward!" cried the brave man.
"And you, Hullin?" said Catherine.