“What is it all about?” asked Miss Graham.
“Why, I don’t know,” answered Ethel Blue slowly. “Is it about anything in particular? Isn’t it just a lot of horses being taken to a Horse Fair for exhibition?”
Miss Graham nodded and said that that was probably all there was to it. Then she led them to a picture by a French artist, Meissonier.
“I spot Napoleon,” said Tom promptly, as they took up their position.
“This is called ‘Friedland, 1807,’” said Miss Graham.
Before she could ask any question or make any suggestion about the picture, Helen had explained “Friedland.”
“That was one of Napoleon’s famous battles. Here he defeated the Russians and Prussians.”
“Eighteen hundred and seven?” repeated James. “Why, Napoleon was at the very height of his power then, wasn’t he?”
“He looks it,” said Margaret. “Doesn’t he look as if he were the lord of the world? And how those men around him gaze at him with adoration! He certainly had a wonderful ability for making himself beloved by his soldiers!”
Miss Graham had been listening to these comments with the greatest interest.