But do you see those men yonder, Miette, with red bands round their left elbows?
They are the leaders." The contingents descended the hill more rapidly than Silvere could speak.

While he was naming the men from Saint-Martin-de-Vaulx, two battalions had already crossed the ray of light which blanched the roadway.
"Did you see the insurgents from Alboise and Les Tulettes pass by just now ?" he asked.

"I recognised Burgat the blacksmith.

They must have joined the band to-day.

How they do run!" Miette was now leaning forward, in order to see more of the little bands described to her by the young man.