And that it was not done through any love you bore her,
And thus you doubly spare us
The trouble of thanking you.
You have done it all
Alone! I take you to witness, gentlemen!
Alone! But science declares, young man,
That no one can do anything alone.
(He claps his hat on his head with an air of defiance.
If one of those brave soldiers who have won the day were here,
If one of those thousands and thousands of heroes