Quelle ne fut pas sa joie lorsque, quelques minutes après avoir entendu le général traverser l’esplanade et les sentinelles lui présenter les armes, il sentit s’agiter la corde qu’il n’avait cessé de tenir autour du bras !
What was his joy when, a few minutes after he had heard the General cross the terrace and the sentries present arms to him, he felt a pull at the cord which he had not ceased to keep looped round his arm!