THE INVASION Don Marcelo was fleeing to take refuge in his castle when he met the mayor of Villeblanche.

The noise of the firing had made him hurry to the barricade.

When he learned of the apparition of the group of stragglers he threw up his hands in despair.

They were crazy.

Their resistance was going to be fatal for the village, and he ran on to beg them to cease.
For some time nothing happened to disturb the morning calm.