There were many damaged heads, for the cuirassiers had not been niggard with their sabers.
A student walked backward and forward on the stage, waving wildly with his hands to command attention.

It was some time before he succeeded.
"Fellow-students, brothers of freedom and comrades," he began.

"All this must come to an end, and that at once.

Our personal liberty is endangered.

Our rights are being trodden under foot.