In Which Jos Takes Flight, and the War Is Brought to a Close

           WeofpeacefulLondonCityhaveneverbeheldandpleaseGodnevershallwitnesssuchasceneofhurryandalarm,asthatwhichBrusselspresented.CrowdsrushedtotheNamurgate,fromwhichdirectionthenoiseproceeded,andmanyrodealongthelevelchaussée,tobeinadvanceofanyintelligencefromthearmy.Eachmanaskedhisneighbourfornews;andevengreatEnglishlordsandladiescondescendedtospeaktopersonswhomtheydidnotknow.ThefriendsoftheFrenchwentabroad,wildwithexcitement,andprophesyingthetriumphoftheirEmperor.Themerchantsclosedtheirshops,andcameouttoswellthegeneralchorusofalarmandclamour.Womenrushedtothechurches,andcrowdedthechapels,andkneltandprayedontheflagsandsteps.Thedullsoundofthecannonwentonrolling,rolling.Presentlycarriageswithtravellersbegantoleavethetown,gallopingawaybytheGhentbarrier.ThepropheciesoftheFrenchpartisansbegantopassforfacts."Hehascutthearmiesintwo,"itwassaid."HeismarchingstraightonBrussels.HewilloverpowertheEnglish,andbehereto-night.""HewilloverpowertheEnglish,"shriekedIsidortohismaster,"andwillbehereto-night."Themanboundedinandoutfromthelodgingstothestreet,alwaysreturningwithsomefreshparticularsofdisaster.Jos’sfacegrewpalerandpaler.Alarmbegantotakeentirepossessionofthestoutcivilian.Allthechampagnehedrankbroughtnocouragetohim.

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