What a combatant—this cannon!
They must check this mad monster. They must seize this flash of lightning. They must overthrow this thunderbolt.
Boisberthelot said to La Vieuville:
"Do you believe in God, chevalier?"
La Vieuville replied:
"Yes. No. Sometimes."
"In a tempest?"
"Yes; and in moments like this."
"Only God can aid us here," said Boisberthelot.
All were silent; the cannon kept up its horrible fracas.